† goldedadj.
Obsolete.
1. Made of or decorated with gold; golden, gilded.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > epithet of gold > made of gold
redOE
gildenOE
goldc1230
goldenc1300
goldedc1384
giltenc1450
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Baruch vi. 69 So ben the treenen goddis, and sylueren, and goldid [L. inaurati].
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 1963 At þe goldede gates she sey Hyr dere spouse comyn.
1563 G. Hay Confut. Abbote of Crosraguels Masse f. 89 The children of Israell perseuered and remaned still Idolaters, from the tyme of Ieroboam, who set vp the golded Calues, and made Israel to sinne.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (ed. 4) 40 Evangelicall policies, should be framed..by a golded Reed.
2. Possessed of gold, wealthy.In quot. c1450 as n.: wealthy people collectively.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective]
richeOE
eadyOE
richfulc1300
plenteousc1350
wealthyc1380
wealthfula1400
wlouȝa1400
wellc1405
biga1425
goldedc1450
substantious1490
able1516
opulent?1518
substantive1543
strong1581
fat1611
juicy1627
fortuned1632
affluent1652
rhinocerical1688
rough1721
rowthy1792
golden1797
strong-handed1817
well-to-do1831
wealth-encumbered1844
nabobish1857
rhinoceral1860
ingoted1864
tinny1871
pocket-filled1886
oofy1896
nawabi1955
brewstered2001
c1450 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 227 The grete and the goldede they made but a jape.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 50 He wes a gret goldit man and of gudis riche.
1610 Histrio-mastix i. i Vnmaske thy face thou minister of Time..let thy golded hand, Ride (with distinctlesse motion) on the eyes Of this fayre Chorus, till the Raigne of Peace, Hath propagated Plenty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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