Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GOLD'EN
GOLD'EN, a. [gōldn.]
- Made of gold; consisting of gold.
- Bright; shining; splendid; as, the golden sun. Reclining soft on many a golden cloud. Rowe.
- Yellow; of a gold color; as, a golden harvest; golden fruit.
- Excellent; most valuable; as, the golden rule. Watts.
- Happy; pure; as, the golden age, the age of simplicity and purity of manners.
- 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.
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