golden age
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noun
1.
the most flourishing period in the history of a nation, literature, etc.
2.
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.
3.
( 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 ).
4.
the period in life after middle age, traditionally characterized by wisdom, contentment, and useful leisure.
5.
the age at which a person normally retires.
Origin:
1545–55
1545–55
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| golden age | |
| —n | |
| 1. | classical myth the first and best age of mankind, when existence was happy, prosperous, and innocent |
| 2. | the most flourishing and outstanding period, esp in the history of an art or nation: the golden age of poetry |
| 3. | the great classical period of Latin literature, occupying approximately the 1st century |
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golden age
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Their wider availability makes sense in an era that might well turn out to be a golden age of short-form moviemaking.
It was a period of peace and prosperity, the kingdom's golden age.
The thirteenth century is, emphatically, the golden age of the monastic historians.
But there was no golden age of co-operation, whatever some retired mafiosos might now say.
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