goldeny en · ADJ
Etymology
From golden + -y.
Meanings
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Somewhat golden in colour.
It seemed so pure and goldeny.
2008 April 6, Henry Alford, “Eau God”, in New York Times:On windy days it danced, demented, waving wild arms, or in the silence of evening drowsed and dreamed, swaying in the blue, the goldeny air.
2023, Doug Battersby, Troubling Late Modernism: Ethics, Feeling, and the Novel Form, page 148:It's probably a good thing no one can see me since I'm hovering half on, half off the ledge, nine stories above Sixth Street, glowing all goldeny.
2012, Lauren Wynn, Providence: On Angels' Wings, page 179:goldeny goodness
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more goldeny | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most goldeny | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |