golden (the fig. sense ‘precious’ is freq.; 3 “ time” 2H4 V. iii. 98 is also used like “ age” Tp. II. i. 175 [168], Lucr. 60, “ world” AYL. I. i. 127)
1.
of gold (freq.); “
care,” the burden of the crown 2H4 IV. v. 22; “
sorrow,” (?) sorrow that comes from
high rank H8 II. iii. 22.
2.
rich
Tim. IV. iii. 18
“the learned pate Ducks
to the
fool.”
3.
exceedingly
favourable or propitious
Tw.N. V. i. 394
“When . . . golden time
convents.”
