goldie
/ɡˈoʊldi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900. It was further popularized by actress Goldie Hawn
name
A male or female given name from English for a golden-colored dog or bird
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "You'd expect the rainbows and possibly the browns, but not the blues and the goldies, which can look truly spectacular."
- "The coupons were called greenies, brownies, and goldies. A bicycle could be gotten for 500 goldies. Neither Ray nor I ever acquired a bicycle. But I accumulated a cigar box full of greenies, brownies and a few goldies."
- "We began by experimenting in the Greyston kitchen during the night. We made brownies, goldies, coffee cakes […]"
- "Young "baldies" look just like "goldies" and are often shot by mistake."
- "[…] the golden eagle is the champion predator. And the most handsome, according to ornithologists, who affectionately call their subjects "goldies"."
- "Golden eagles took up old eyries on Hebridean sea cliffs only after the white-tailed sea eagle became extinct. Goldies may hunt seabirds but never fish, and they always resort to flying inland for rabbits or hares as preferred prey."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder. Proto-Germanic *gulþą Proto-West Germanic *golþ Old English gold Middle English gold English gold English -ie English Goldie From gold + -ie.