Gōld'en, a.
(gōld'n), a. [A-S. golden, gylden, O. Sax. & O. H. Ger. goldin, Sw. & Dan. gylden, Icel. gullinn, Goth. gulþeins, N. H. Ger. golden. See GOLD.]
- Made of gold; consisting of gold.
- Having the color of gold; gold-like; as, a golden harvest.
- Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.
Golden age, the fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments.—Golden fleece (Myth.), the fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition.—Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from one to nineteen, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold.—Golden rule. (a.) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. See Luke vi. 31. (b.) The Rule of Proportion, or Rule of Three, so called on account of its great practical importance.