silver age
noun
Classical Mythology.
the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
(usually initial capital letters)
a period in Latin literature, a.d. c14–138, following the Augustan Age: the second phase of classical Latin.
Compare golden age(def 3).
Origin of silver age
First recorded in 1555–65
Words nearby silver age
silvan,
silvana,
silvanus,
silvassa,
silver,
silver age,
silver bass,
silver beet,
silver bell,
silver belly,
silver birch
British Dictionary definitions for silver age
silver age
noun
(in Greek and Roman mythology) the second of the world's major epochs, inferior to the preceding golden age and characterized by opulence and irreligion
the postclassical period of Latin literature, occupying the early part of the Roman imperial era, characterized by an overindulgence in elegance for its own sake and empty scholarly rhetoric