iron age
/ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/
iron age is the alternative letter-case form of Iron Age.
Proper noun capitalized: Iron Age
the Iron Age
- The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.
- He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
- An age characterized by the use of iron.
- A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC)
Origin of iron age
From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder.
Questions about iron age
- What does iron age mean?
- Iron age means the most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.
- What is iron age the alternative letter-case form of?
- Iron age is the alternative letter-case form of Iron Age.
- What part of speech is iron age?
- Iron age is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce iron age?
- Iron age is pronounced /ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/ (UK).
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