golden agen.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊld(ə)n eɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊldən ˌeɪdʒ/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: golden adj., age n.

Etymology: < golden adj. (compare sense 7 at that entry) + age n. (compare sense 7 at that entry), ultimately after post-classical Latin aurea aetas (12th cent.). Compare later Iron Age n.¹, silver age n.Compare Old French doré aage, Middle French âge doré, âge dorée (early 14th cent.; the now usual French term is âge d'or (17th cent.)), and Spanish edad dorada (early 16th cent.), both after post-classical Latin.

a. Often with capital initials. Chiefly with the. In Greek and Roman mythology: the first and best age of humankind, followed by the silver, bronze, (sometimes) heroic, and iron ages. Hence in extended use: an idyllic time of peace, prosperity, and happiness; (often) such a time imagined as having occurred in the past.In quot. ?a1439 in plural in same sense.The myth of the ages of humankind is first recorded in Hesiod's Works & Days 109 ff., and was subsequently retold by Aratus ( Phaenomena 96-136), who omits the heroic and iron ages, and Ovid ( Metamorphoses 1. 89-150), among others.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > of Greek antiquity or mythology

antiquityc1375

golden age?a1439

silver age1565

heroic age1654

heroic times1654

brazen age1841

mundane era1892

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 1730 Princis remembreth vpon the goldene ages, Whan Satourn reuled the world in rihtwisnesse.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) iii. f. 5^v The aunciente philosophers, in the sayd happye golden worlde, and golden age [Sp. edad dorada], dyd not all only lerne one thing, wherby they myght susteyne theyr life, and encrease good fame.

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 271 The fortunatenesse and felicitie that followed menne of the fyrste worlde, whyche they call the Golden Age.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 174 I would with such perfection gouerne Sir: T' Excell the Golden Age .

1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius Pref. sig. (a)2^v Those first times, which Poets call the Golden Age.

1711 C. Leslie Truth of Christianity Demonstrated 79 An Extraordinary Person,..who shou'd introduce a Golden Age into the World, and Restore all things.

1780 Mirror No. 79. sig. ⁋18 We are told that those manners should be painted, not as they are found in nature, but according to an ideal standard of perfection in what is called the golden age.

1829 T. Hood in Gem 1 181 The Golden Age is not to be regilt; Pastoral is gone out, and Pan extinct.

1888 Publ. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 4 251 The assumption of a beneficent order of things, originally established in a golden age, departure from which is the sole cause of all evils, past and present.

1923 F. L. Pattee Devel. Amer. Short Story vii. 152 Bring the world swiftly to a golden age of love and beauty and feminine dreams.

2014 L. Østermark-Johansen in W. Pater Imaginary Portraits 167 (note) The Golden Age, characterized by peace, harmony, prosperity and the absence of time and death is a paradisial and pastoral place, presided over by the god Pan in an Arcadian landscape.

b. Chiefly with of or possessive. The period of greatest prosperity in the history of a nation, state, etc.; the most prosperous, successful, or favourable period experienced by a specified person, group, or community. Also: the time when a specified art or activity is at its finest, most advanced, or most popular.Sometimes spec.: the period of Latin literature from Cicero (106 b.c.–43 b.c.) to Ovid (43 b.c.– a.d.17), considered as its finest, and followed by the silver age (silver age n. 1b).

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > time of prosperity

highOE

golden age1561

halcyon days1570

gilded age1655

heyday1751

high point1787

millennium1821

palmy days1837

up1843

clover summer1866

flower-time1873

belle époque1910

glory-days1956

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > literary period > specific Latin

golden age1561

silver age1736

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 54^v The Chirch hath nowe and then degenerate from the purenesse of that golden age.

1650 Mercurius Politicus No. 3. 37 All he hath to do, is, to bite his Thumbs, and pine in Contemplation of the Golden Age that is past, when he and his brother Bristol made their Mercats of the Palatin and Protestant Cause in German.

1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. With Ovid ended the golden age of the Roman tongue.

1764 tr. J. L. d'Alembert Misc. Pieces 237 Alexander VII. was succeeded by Clement IX. whose too short pontificate was called the golden age of Rome.

1835 Southern Lit. Messenger 1 682/1 It was the reign of coquetry, and the golden age of millinery.

1875 Sunday Mag. May 512 When Christendom begins to speak of her golden age as in the past, she paganises.

1927 Times 8 Nov. 19/1 A few years after the Golden Age when nabobs had begun to spoil the market for the great territorialists.

1964 Economist 8 Feb. 511/2 The mythogenic dragons of the golden age of steam.

2001 Sydney Morning Herald 1 Dec. (Icon section) 11/1 The posters have been ‘remastered’ using antique presses in an effort to recreate the original movie posters of Hollywood's Golden Age.

2. euphemistic (originally U.S.). The later part of life; old age. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun]

eld971

old agec1330

agec1380

last agea1382

oldc1385

aldereldea1400

winterc1425

vilessec1430

annosityc1450

senectute1481

the black ox1546

golden years1559

years1561

great1587

afterlife1589

setting sun1597

antiquity1600

chair-daysa1616

the vale of yearsa1616

grandevity1623

green old age1634

eldship1647

senioritya1688

the other side of the hill1691

the decline of life1711

senectude1756

senility1791

senectitude1796

post-climacteric1826

Anno Domini1885

senium1911

golden age1946

1946 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 25 Apr. 8/1 A gathering of the Golden Age club, an organization of persons 65 years old or more.

1996 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 24 Apr. f15 [They]..proved that life's most memorable work can be done in one's golden age.

2005 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 2 Sept. The party's proposed golden age card will..offer a subsidy for health care for over-65s.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	golden age
释义	golden agen. Brit. /ˈɡəʊld(ə)n eɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊldən ˌeɪdʒ/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: golden adj., age n. Etymology: < golden adj. (compare sense 7 at that entry) + age n. (compare sense 7 at that entry), ultimately after post-classical Latin aurea aetas (12th cent.). Compare later Iron Age n.¹, silver age n.Compare Old French doré aage, Middle French âge doré, âge dorée (early 14th cent.; the now usual French term is âge d'or (17th cent.)), and Spanish edad dorada (early 16th cent.), both after post-classical Latin. 1. a. Often with capital initials. Chiefly with the. In Greek and Roman mythology: the first and best age of humankind, followed by the silver, bronze, (sometimes) heroic, and iron ages. Hence in extended use: an idyllic time of peace, prosperity, and happiness; (often) such a time imagined as having occurred in the past.In quot. ?a1439 in plural in same sense.The myth of the ages of humankind is first recorded in Hesiod's Works & Days 109 ff., and was subsequently retold by Aratus ( Phaenomena 96-136), who omits the heroic and iron ages, and Ovid ( Metamorphoses 1. 89-150), among others. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > of Greek antiquity or mythology antiquityc1375 golden age?a1439 silver age1565 heroic age1654 heroic times1654 brazen age1841 mundane era1892 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 1730 Princis remembreth vpon the goldene ages, Whan Satourn reuled the world in rihtwisnesse. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) iii. f. 5^v The aunciente philosophers, in the sayd happye golden worlde, and golden age [Sp. edad dorada], dyd not all only lerne one thing, wherby they myght susteyne theyr life, and encrease good fame. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 271 The fortunatenesse and felicitie that followed menne of the fyrste worlde, whyche they call the Golden Age. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 174 I would with such perfection gouerne Sir: T' Excell the Golden Age . View more context for this quotation 1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius Pref. sig. (a)2^v Those first times, which Poets call the Golden Age. 1711 C. Leslie Truth of Christianity Demonstrated 79 An Extraordinary Person,..who shou'd introduce a Golden Age into the World, and Restore all things. 1780 Mirror No. 79. sig. ⁋18 We are told that those manners should be painted, not as they are found in nature, but according to an ideal standard of perfection in what is called the golden age. 1829 T. Hood in Gem 1 181 The Golden Age is not to be regilt; Pastoral is gone out, and Pan extinct. 1888 Publ. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 4 251 The assumption of a beneficent order of things, originally established in a golden age, departure from which is the sole cause of all evils, past and present. 1923 F. L. Pattee Devel. Amer. Short Story vii. 152 Bring the world swiftly to a golden age of love and beauty and feminine dreams. 2014 L. Østermark-Johansen in W. Pater Imaginary Portraits 167 (note) The Golden Age, characterized by peace, harmony, prosperity and the absence of time and death is a paradisial and pastoral place, presided over by the god Pan in an Arcadian landscape. b. Chiefly with of or possessive. The period of greatest prosperity in the history of a nation, state, etc.; the most prosperous, successful, or favourable period experienced by a specified person, group, or community. Also: the time when a specified art or activity is at its finest, most advanced, or most popular.Sometimes spec.: the period of Latin literature from Cicero (106 b.c.–43 b.c.) to Ovid (43 b.c.– a.d.17), considered as its finest, and followed by the silver age (silver age n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > time of prosperity highOE golden age1561 halcyon days1570 gilded age1655 heyday1751 high point1787 millennium1821 palmy days1837 up1843 clover summer1866 flower-time1873 belle époque1910 glory-days1956 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > literary period > specific Latin golden age1561 silver age1736 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 54^v The Chirch hath nowe and then degenerate from the purenesse of that golden age. 1650 Mercurius Politicus No. 3. 37 All he hath to do, is, to bite his Thumbs, and pine in Contemplation of the Golden Age that is past, when he and his brother Bristol made their Mercats of the Palatin and Protestant Cause in German. 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. With Ovid ended the golden age of the Roman tongue. 1764 tr. J. L. d'Alembert Misc. Pieces 237 Alexander VII. was succeeded by Clement IX. whose too short pontificate was called the golden age of Rome. 1835 Southern Lit. Messenger 1 682/1 It was the reign of coquetry, and the golden age of millinery. 1875 Sunday Mag. May 512 When Christendom begins to speak of her golden age as in the past, she paganises. 1927 Times 8 Nov. 19/1 A few years after the Golden Age when nabobs had begun to spoil the market for the great territorialists. 1964 Economist 8 Feb. 511/2 The mythogenic dragons of the golden age of steam. 2001 Sydney Morning Herald 1 Dec. (Icon section) 11/1 The posters have been ‘remastered’ using antique presses in an effort to recreate the original movie posters of Hollywood's Golden Age. 2. euphemistic (originally U.S.). The later part of life; old age. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun] eld971 old agec1330 agec1380 last agea1382 oldc1385 aldereldea1400 winterc1425 vilessec1430 annosityc1450 senectute1481 the black ox1546 golden years1559 years1561 great1587 afterlife1589 setting sun1597 antiquity1600 chair-daysa1616 the vale of yearsa1616 grandevity1623 green old age1634 eldship1647 senioritya1688 the other side of the hill1691 the decline of life1711 senectude1756 senility1791 senectitude1796 post-climacteric1826 Anno Domini1885 senium1911 golden age1946 1946 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 25 Apr. 8/1 A gathering of the Golden Age club, an organization of persons 65 years old or more. 1996 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 24 Apr. f15 [They]..proved that life's most memorable work can be done in one's golden age. 2005 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 2 Sept. The party's proposed golden age card will..offer a subsidy for health care for over-65s. 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