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ungolden en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + golden.

Meanings

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:

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