Ungolden

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not golden.

    "Being at a banker's a few days since, and seeing on the counter a number of [sovereigns] of a very dusky ungolden hue, I asked what was the matter with them?"

Example

More examples

"Being at a banker's a few days since, and seeing on the counter a number of [sovereigns] of a very dusky ungolden hue, I asked what was the matter with them?"

Etymology

From un- + golden.

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