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Golden

//ˈɡoʊl.dən// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of, or relating to, gold.

    "She wore a golden crown."

  2. 2
    Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.

    "Under a golden sun."

  3. 3
    Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
  4. 4
    Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.

    "The Renaissance was a golden era."

  5. 5
    Advantageous or very favourable.

    "This is a golden opportunity"

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  1. 6
    Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.

    "It's not long until our golden wedding."

  2. 7
    Relating to the elderly or retired.

    "After retiring, Bob and Judy moved to Arizona to live out their golden years."

  3. 8
    Fine, without problems. UK, predicative, slang

    "Many anti-fog variety goggles are available, but if you don't get that type, just rub a little spit on the lenses before you put them on in the water and you'll be golden."

Adjective
  1. 1
    presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome wordnet
  2. 2
    suggestive of gold wordnet
  3. 3
    having the deep slightly brownish color of gold wordnet
  4. 4
    supremely favored wordnet
  5. 5
    marked by peace and prosperity wordnet
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  1. 6
    made from or covered with gold wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A female given name. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A male given name. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A town in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A village in County Tipperary, Ireland. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A hamlet in Probus parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9246). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A home rule municipality, the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Adams County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Oceana County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Barry County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Burt County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Holt County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town and census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Josephine County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wood County, Texas. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Golden Retriever. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "In Britain, the Golden Retriever Breed Clubs’ Rescue Officers nationwide rescued and rehomed 454 Goldens in 1987."

  3. 3
    Ellipsis of golden retriever. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "The archives of the Golden Retriever Club of America (GRCA) record goldens in the United States as early as the 1890s."

Verb
  1. 1
    To become gold or golden (in color). intransitive
  2. 2
    To make golden or like gold. transitive

    "It goldened, as nothing else goldened, the commonplace countryside."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

From gold + -en, or perhaps a derivation from the adjective above.

Etymology 4

* As an English surname, from the adjective golden. * As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.

Etymology 5

* As an English surname, from the adjective golden. * As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.

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