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golden age
[ gohl-dn eyj- ]
noun
- the most flourishing period in the history of a nation, literature, etc.
- Classical Mythology. the first and best of the four ages of humankind; an era of peace and innocence that finally yielded to the silver age.
- (usually initial capital letters) a period in Latin literature, 70 b.c. to a.d. 14, in which Cicero, Catullus, Horace, Vergil, Ovid, and others wrote; the first phase of Classical Latin. Compare silver age ( def 2 ).
- the period in life after middle age, traditionally characterized by wisdom, contentment, and useful leisure.
- the age at which a person normally retires.
golden age
noun
- classical myth the first and best age of mankind, when existence was happy, prosperous, and innocent
- the most flourishing and outstanding period, esp in the history of an art or nation
the golden age of poetry
- the great classical period of Latin literature, occupying approximately the 1st century bc and represented by such writers as Cicero and Virgil
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of golden age1
Idioms and Phrases
A period of prosperity or excellent achievement, as in Some consider the baroque period the golden age of choral music . The expression dates from the mid-1500s, when it was first applied to a period of classical Latin poetry.Example Sentences
In retrospect, the heyday of YA coincided with the golden age of the CW, which always seemed to have a dozen adaptations of YA novels in development at any given moment.
This will be indeed the golden age of America.
The reordering of the global economic order is on hold, and Trump's promise of a golden age of American manufacturing will have to wait.
Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter’s memoir, ‘When the Going Was Good,’ chronicles the glamour, the power and the boldface names from the golden age of magazine publishing.
They think they’re fighting for freedom, for some mythical golden age, but in reality they’re just digging trenches for their own destruction.
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