Noun diamonds in a setting of 24-karat gold What is the price of gold?
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Bitcoin’s proven the most volatile major asset class in history, and anything but a gold-like refuge for hard times. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022 McKinzie's passion is visible among the brown and gold-clad fans surrounding Kibler Field. Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2022 The Djinn’s dark-skinned presence — first smoke, then flesh — is brown, gold-tinged, black, blue, and iridescent with a sensual patina. Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022 That has given way to a series of gleaming, gold-colored ridges. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2022 On a recent Saturday, Aida talks to a toddler in Dari on the gold-green carpet of a Northglenn mosque, about 25 minutes north of Denver. Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022 Tens of thousands of garnet-and-gold-clad spectators helped sell out the Superdome, virtually negating what could have been a home advantage for LSU in a game played just 80 miles from its Baton Rouge campus. Brett Martel, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 Shamoun did not reply to questions about the PPP loan or his claims about gold records and working with major artists. Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2022 The latter are arranged into kaleidoscopic patterns in the main room’s swirling, gold-heavy digital montage, or meld with visitors’ faces in interactive displays in one of the smaller galleries. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
Adjective
Her butter head, with a gold crown instead of silver because of the 50th anniversary of the contest, was displayed at the Minnesota History Center for several years. Joe Barrett, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Her black hair curls into a top knot, accented by gold hoops and a welcoming smile.Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 The post was simply captioned with a gold crown emoji. Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2022 While Louis Vuitton took the gold crown, other posh brands weren’t far behind. Kyle Schnitzer, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2022 Broyles, the new Miss America, cried as confetti rained and a gold crown was placed on her head. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2021 Mahala Sutherland was still wearing her traditional feather headband when the pageant judge placed the gold crown on her head. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021 Kate wore a fiery-red coat dress from London brand Eponine, which evoked the red dragon on the Welsh national flag, as well as gold earrings from Welsh designer Spells of Love. Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 June 2022 When Maryland’s Old Westminster Winery debuted nine years ago, the bottles featured traditional labels with gold-leaf lettering and capsules over the corks. Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, going back to Old English, neuter strong noun, going back to Germanic *gulþa-/*gulđa- (with varying accentuation, whence also Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Old High German gold "gold," Old Norse gull, goll, Gothic gulþ), going back to dialectal Indo-European *ǵhl̥(h3)-to-, with full-grade ablaut *ǵhel(h3)-to- (in Latvian zȩ̀lts "gold," Old Prussian sealtmeno "oriole") and o-grade *ǵhol(h3)-to- (in Slavic *zȍlto, whence Old Church Slavic zlato "gold," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian zlâto, Polish złoto, Russian zóloto), all derivatives with the adjectival suffix *-to- from Indo-European *ǵhelh3- "yellow, green" — more at yellow entry 1
Note: The formation of a word for "gold" from a *-to- derivative of Indo-European *ǵhelh3- "yellow, green" is peculiar to Germanic, Slavic, and, in part, Baltic. An Indo-Iranian word for "gold" is formed with different suffixation from the same root: *ǵhl̥h3-en-i̯o-, whence Sanskrit híranya- "gold," Avestan zarańiia-. A full display of forms in medieval and modern languages and loans into non-Indo-European languages is contained in the article "Indo-European 'Gold' in Time and Space" by Václav Blažek, Journal of Indo-European Studies, vol. 45, No. 3 (fall/winter 2017), pp. 267-311.
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1