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Iron age

//ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.

    "He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Iron Age. alt-of
  3. 3
    An age characterized by the use of iron.
  4. 4
    A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC)
Noun
  1. 1
    (classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world wordnet

Etymology

From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder.

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