Golden
['gəʊld(ə)n] or ['ɡoldən]
Definition
(adj.) presaging or likely to bring good luck; 'a favorable time to ask for a raise'; 'lucky stars'; 'a prosperous moment to make a decision' .
(adj.) suggestive of gold; 'a golden voice' .
(adj.) marked by peace and prosperity; 'a golden era'; 'the halcyon days of the clipper trade' .
Typist: Terrence--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Made of gold; consisting of gold.
(a.) Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
(a.) Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of gold.[2]. Bright, shining, splendid, resplendent, brilliant.[3]. Yellow, of a gold color.[4]. Excellent, precious, of great value.[5]. Auspicious, favorable, opportune, propitious.
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Examples
- She was a golden-haired doll! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As the golden swim of light overhead died out, the moon gained brightness, and seemed to begin to smile forth her ascendancy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There's your pay, Mister Rokesmith,' said the Golden Dustman, jerking the folded scrap of paper he had in his hand, towards his late Secretary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Gerald looked at him, and with a slight revulsion saw the human animal, golden skinned and bare, somehow humiliating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- While the arcs with plain carbons are bluish-white, those with carbons containing calcium fluoride have a notable golden glow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Their chief Khan was the Khan of the Golden Horde. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A universal shriek arose as the russet boots waved wildly from the wreck and a golden head emerged, exclaiming, I told you so! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My friend, the Golden Age still exists in Melnos, and if you come with me, you will dwell in Arcady. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- That as I understand it is the psychology of the Golden Rule. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There was a golden surface on the brown cliffs but now, and behold they are only damp earth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We approached the door; but suddenly a woman appeared out of the shadow and stood in the golden track of the lamp-light. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The entry was scarcely completed when they reached the Golden Cross. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Here was a golden opportunity! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She had sunk into one of the golden thrones, and as I turned to her she greeted me with a wan smile. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- This reference is the twenty-fifth chapter of the Book of Exodus, wherein the Lord commanded Moses to make golden spoons for the Tabernacle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The platform and the golden throne were broken down, and Rustam lay dead among a heap of dead men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The golden waters were not there. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But, one morning long afterwards to be remembered, it was black midnight with the Golden Dustman when he first appeared. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The color is a yellowish gray on the back, spotted with yellow and brown; the belly white or red, with golden spots in young specimens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This might--let it be repeated--have awakened some little vague mistrust in a man more worldly-wise than the Golden Dustman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Why, you don't mean to say, Miss Bella,' the Golden Dustman slowly remonstrated, 'that you set up Rokesmith against me? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We went to the Golden Cross at Charing Cross, then a mouldy sort of establishment in a close neighbourhood. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And he who dies in battle will be at once declared to be of the golden race, and will, as we believe, become one of Hesiod's guardian angels. Plato. The Republic.
- How could he tell her of the immanence of her beauty, that was not form, or weight, or colour, but something like a strange, golden light! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As she spoke, she untied a band, and the golden stream fell over herself and over the chair, and flowed down to the ground. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The courser paw'd the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam'd and champ'd the golden bit. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But how is it that you wear the golden hair and the jewelled circlet of a Holy Thern? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They saw the golden lights of the hotel glowing out in the night of snow-silence, small in the hollow, like a cluster of yellow berries. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Upon my word, I don't know what to put it at,' the Golden Dustman muttered. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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