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ungolden

ungolden adjective: not golden.

Adjective

ungolden (comparative more ungolden, superlative most ungolden)

  1. Not golden.
    • Being at a banker's a few days since, and seeing on the counter a number of [sovereigns] of a very dusky ungolden hue, I asked what was the matter with them?1871, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, page 137
    • Zelda belonged to the ungolden world—her element was the golden age which was not of gold.1874, The Cornhill Magazine, volume 29, page 127

Forms of ungolden

comparativemore ungolden
superlativemost ungolden

Origin of ungolden

From un- + golden.

Questions about ungolden

What does ungolden mean?
Ungolden means not golden.
What part of speech is ungolden?
Ungolden is an adjective.

Words near ungolden in the dictionary

  1. ungodly hour
  2. ungodly hours
  3. ungods
  4. ungoggled
  5. ungold
  6. ungolden
  7. ungolfable
  8. ungolfed
  9. ungone
  10. ungood
  11. ungooder

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