English
iron age
see also: Iron Age
Proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Iron Age#English|Iron Age
Iron Age
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/
Proper noun
  1. (mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterised by wicked behaviour. [from 16th c.]
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition II, section 1, member 3:
      He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?
  2. An age characterised by the use of iron. [from 16th c.]
  3. (archaeology) A level of culture in which Man used iron and the technology of ironworking. Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BCE [from 19th c.]
Translations
  • French: âge du fer
  • German: Eisenzeit
  • Portuguese: idade do ferro, Idade do Ferro
  • Russian: желе́зный век
  • Spanish: Edad del Hierro
Translations
  • French: âge du fer
  • Portuguese: idade do ferro, Idade do Ferro
  • Russian: желе́зный век


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