golden
/ˈɡoʊl.dən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.67 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.
adj
Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
adj
Advantageous or very favourable.
adj
Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
Example Sentences
- "She wore a golden crown."
- "And now the concern which Partridge felt at being obliged to quit the warm chimney-corner, and a cup of excellent liquor, was somewhat compensated by hearing that he was to proceed no farther on foot, for Jones, by golden arguments, had prevailed with the boy to attend him back to the inn whither he had before conducted Sophia […]"
- "Under a golden sun."
- "The Renaissance was a golden era."
- "the Golden Horseshoe"
- "O Partridge! could I hope once again to see that face; but, alas! all those golden dreams are vanished for ever, and my only refuge from future misery is to forget the object of all my former happiness."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡoʊl.dən/
- British English: /ˈɡəʊl.dən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more golden (comparative)
goldener (comparative)
most golden (superlative)
goldenest (superlative)
goulden (alternative, obsolete)
goldens (plural)
goldens (present, singular)
goldening (participle, present)
goldened (participle, past)
goldened (past)
Goulden (alternative)