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单词 gilten
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giltenadj.

Brit. /ˈɡɪlt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈɡɪltən/
Forms: late Middle English gyltyn, late Middle English 1600s 1800s– gilten, late Middle English–1500s gylten; Scottish pre-1700 gilteane, pre-1700 giltin, pre-1700 giltine, pre-1700 gilting, pre-1700 giltyn, pre-1700 gyltin, pre-1700 gyltine, pre-1700 gyltyn, pre-1700 1800s– gilten.
Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or perhaps (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gilden adj.; gilt v., -en suffix6.
Etymology: Either (i) an alteration of gilden adj. after gilt adj., or perhaps (ii) < gilt v. + -en suffix6, after gilden adj. (compare discussion at that entry).
Originally northern and Scottish. Now rare (literary and poetic in later use).
= gilden adj. (in various senses).
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > golden yellow
gildenOE
goldena1382
goldya1398
dory1398
goldc1400
goldisha1425
sunlyc1425
goldlya1450
aureatec1450
gildedc1450
giltenc1450
scorn-golda1586
Pactolian1586
aureal1587
gold colour1648
gold-coloured1674
spun gold1728
aurulent1731
aurelian1791
deaurated1818
Tuscan1830
corn-coloured1854
old gold1877
buttercup yellow1880
aureoline1881
sun gold1887
Tuscan-coloured1905
guinea-gold1938
spun-golden1978
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > epithet of gold > made of gold
redOE
gildenOE
goldc1230
goldenc1300
goldedc1384
giltenc1450
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3456 Þai gone agraythen vp þaire gods on gilten segis.
c1450 (?a1400) Sege Melayne (1880) l. 1098 Many lay stekede vndir stedis, In gilten gere.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. iii. 82 With fyry sparkis, lyke to goldin bemys Or twynkland sprayngis with thair giltin glemys.
1574 Second Tome Homilies (new ed.) 156 To spreade us abroade these goodly caruen and gylten bookes.
1602 R. Parsons Warn-word ii. ii. f. 7 I come now to the fryars, whom our Kt. seeketh to disgrace, with this note.., Fryars braue lyars, but for brauery it agreeth better to gilten spurres, then to gray hoods.
a1605 in R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 104 The goat of the gilteane horne, the lord Flemyng..tuike the sea.
1865 London Jrnl. 25 Mar. 178/2 You tell me you had a master. What was his name, my little gilten locks?
1885 Home Chimes 7 Feb. 130/2 The gilten chains Of sunlight trail athwart the odorous bowers.
1918 W. Hay Escape Notorious Sir William Heans ii. xix. 339 The gilten leather book: the old carver's copy of the Plutarch.
1953 Startling Stories Apr. 55/2 The..unforgettable speech and Captain Bronck..thrusting the gilten pole into the red soil of Mars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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