Golden

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɡəʊl.dÉ™n/
• US IPA: /ˈɡoÊŠl.dÉ™n/
• Rhymes: -əʊldÉ™n
• Hyphenation: gol + den

Alternative forms

• goulden obsolete

Origin

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"), from Old English gylden ("golden"), from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz ("golden, made of gold"), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden ("golden"), German gülden, golden ("golden"), Danish gylden ("golden"). More at gold.

Full definition of golden

Adjective

1. Made of, or relating to, gold.She wore a golden crown.
2. Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.Under a golden sun.
3. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.The Renaissance was a golden era.the Golden Horseshoe
4. Advantageous or very favourable.This is a golden opportunity
5. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.It's not long until our golden wedding.

Derived terms

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become golden (in colour).
2. (transitive) To make golden or like gold.
• 1994, Marion H. Hedges, Iron City:It goldened, as nothing else goldened, the commonplace countryside.

Anagrams

• dongle
• longed