golden

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, made of, or containing gold.
  2. adjective Having the color of gold or a yellow color suggestive of gold.
  3. adjective Lustrous; radiant: the golden sun.

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  1. from Middle English golden, a restored form of earlier gulden, gylden, gilden, from Anglo-Saxon gylden (with umlaut) (= Old Saxon guldin = OFries. gelden, golden, gulden = Dutch gouden = Middle Low German golden = Old High German Guldīn, culdīn, Middle High German guldīn (also used as a noun, later G. gulden, florin), G, gülden, usually golden = Icelandic gullinn = Swedish gyllen, gylden = Danish gylden = Goth, gultheins), of gold, from gold, gold: see gold and -en, Cf. gilden, a doublet of golden, and gilden, gulden.
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