golden agern.

Brit.

/ˌɡəʊld(ə)n ˈeɪdʒə/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊld(ə)n ˌeɪdʒər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: golden age n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < golden age n. + -er suffix¹. In sense 2 perhaps after teenager n.

a. A person who looks back nostalgically to a past age or period considered to be one of prosperity, happiness, excellence, etc.

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1903 Medicine May 329/2 ‘Golden Agers’ likewise wail over such American decadence.

1989 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 29 Sept. 18 The IMF analysis saw a gradual adjustment over 30 years not, as the ‘golden agers’ assert, a huge concentration of change within a decade.

2016 Sc. Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Feb. 14 You don't have to be a raving golden-ager to feel that football has lost something of its soul.

b. A person, esp. a musician or other artist, living or working in a period considered to be that in which his or her field is at its best or most highly developed.

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1951 Times 21 June 6/4 Orlando Gibbons could be praised too, as a Golden Ager born too late, for his magnificent keyboard fantasia.

1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 16 Mar. Bands as diverse as Return To Forever, Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, the ultra-professional, 30-plus golden agers.

2007 R. F. Tannen Female Trickster ii. 25 These current fictive female sleuths are not..simply following in the pathways hacked out of the forest by those first golden agers, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh.

2. euphemistic (originally and chiefly U.S.). An elderly person.

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the world > people > person > old person > [noun]

oldeOE

morea1382

olderc1450

ancient1502

mouldy chopsa1640

antediluvian1648

prediluvian1690

emerit1710

pelt1757

old fogey1793

antique1801

relic1832

old head1838

oldster1846

elderling1863

the Ancient of Days1935

senior citizen1938

OAP1942

golden ager1948

coffin dodger1954

wrinkly1972

crumbly1976

geriatric1977

1948 Chester (Philadelphia) Times 21 Dec. 10/3 (caption) Mrs. Carrie S. Ward,..82,..was the oldest Golden Ager present at the Christmas party of the new club.

1970 H. Waugh Finish me Off (1971) 135 Frank bought himself a drink in the bar..while watching the golden agers gossip in the lounge area.

2017 Food Manuf. (Nexis) Aug. 23 ‘Golden agers’ want to keep their memory and avoid cognitive decline.

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

单词	golden ager
释义	golden agern. Brit. /ˌɡəʊld(ə)n ˈeɪdʒə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊld(ə)n ˌeɪdʒər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: golden age n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < golden age n. + -er suffix¹. In sense 2 perhaps after teenager n. 1. a. A person who looks back nostalgically to a past age or period considered to be one of prosperity, happiness, excellence, etc. ΚΠ 1903 Medicine May 329/2 ‘Golden Agers’ likewise wail over such American decadence. 1989 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 29 Sept. 18 The IMF analysis saw a gradual adjustment over 30 years not, as the ‘golden agers’ assert, a huge concentration of change within a decade. 2016 Sc. Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Feb. 14 You don't have to be a raving golden-ager to feel that football has lost something of its soul. b. A person, esp. a musician or other artist, living or working in a period considered to be that in which his or her field is at its best or most highly developed. ΚΠ 1951 Times 21 June 6/4 Orlando Gibbons could be praised too, as a Golden Ager born too late, for his magnificent keyboard fantasia. 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 16 Mar. Bands as diverse as Return To Forever, Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, the ultra-professional, 30-plus golden agers. 2007 R. F. Tannen Female Trickster ii. 25 These current fictive female sleuths are not..simply following in the pathways hacked out of the forest by those first golden agers, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh. 2. euphemistic (originally and chiefly U.S.). An elderly person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] oldeOE morea1382 olderc1450 ancient1502 mouldy chopsa1640 antediluvian1648 prediluvian1690 emerit1710 pelt1757 old fogey1793 antique1801 relic1832 old head1838 oldster1846 elderling1863 the Ancient of Days1935 senior citizen1938 OAP1942 golden ager1948 coffin dodger1954 wrinkly1972 crumbly1976 geriatric1977 1948 Chester (Philadelphia) Times 21 Dec. 10/3 (caption) Mrs. Carrie S. Ward,..82,..was the oldest Golden Ager present at the Christmas party of the new club. 1970 H. Waugh Finish me Off (1971) 135 Frank bought himself a drink in the bar..while watching the golden agers gossip in the lounge area. 2017 Food Manuf. (Nexis) Aug. 23 ‘Golden agers’ want to keep their memory and avoid cognitive decline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903
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