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Word entry · 6 letters

golden

Best crossword clue

"Like precious metal"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡəʊl.dən/Part of speech adjectiveSorted deglnoStarts with GEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome

Word origin

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en.

Used in a sentence

  • She wore a golden crown.
  • Under a golden sun.
  • The Renaissance was a golden era.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Like precious metal6 letters
02Gilt6 letters

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