Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GOLD'EN, a. [gōldn.]

1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
2. Bright; shining; splendid; as, the golden sun. Reclining soft on many a golden cloud. Rowe.
3. Yellow; of a gold color; as, a golden harvest; golden fruit.
4. Excellent; most valuable; as, the golden rule. Watts.
5. Happy; pure; as, the golden age, the age of simplicity and purity of manners.
6. Preeminently favorable or auspicious. Let not slip the golden opportunity. Hamilton. Golden number, in chronology, a number showing the year of the moon's cycle. Golden rule, in arithmetic, the rule of three or rule or proportion.