golden

golden adj

see gold, n.

1. Bright; [fig.] hopeful; promising; blessed; favorable.
2. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
3. Sunny; beaming; shining; fair; radiant; refulgent.
4. Yellow.
5. Bright; brilliant; [fig.] extraordinary; highly intelligent; [metaphor] poetic; lyrical; aesthetically powerful.
6. Fully sweet; completely ready.
7. Glowing; [fig.] ageless; timeless; eternal; heavenly.
8. Rich; [fig.] carnivorous; high-protein; animal-based.
9. Warm; [fig.] royal; regal; kingly.
10. Benevolent; kind; nurturing.
11. Phrase. “Golden Rod”: goldenrod; yellow wildflower; plant that produces blossoms in late summer or autumn.
12. Phrase. “the golden touch”: moment at sunset when everything is colored with yellow light; (allusion to the golden touch of Midas).
13. Phrase. “Golden Fleece”: legendary sheepskin sought by Jason and the Argonauts; pelt of a winged ram that Hermes sent to carry two children to safety; ram's hide placed in a sacred grove and guarded by a sleepless dragon.

golden adv

see gold, n.

1. Brightly; radiantly; [fig.] vividly; lifelike.
2. Secretly; like a treasure; [fig.] in the other world.
3. Brightly and warmly; [the verb “Looks” may also take an adj. complement] bright; shining; splendid.