SILKEN

satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick

(adjective) having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; “glossy auburn hair”; “satiny gardenia petals”; “sleek black fur”; “silken eyelashes”; “silky skin”; “a silklike fabric”; “slick seals and otters”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

silken (not comparable)

Made of silk.

Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.

(figuratively, of speech, singing, oratory, etc.) Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation.

Dressed in silk.

Synonyms

• (made of silk): seric (rare)

Verb

silken (third-person singular simple present silkens, present participle silkening, simple past and past participle silkened)

(transitive) To render silken or silklike.

Anagrams

• Elkins, Kinsel, Lesnik, inkles, k-lines, klines, likens

Source: Wiktionary


Silk"en, a. Etym: [AS. seolcen, seolocen.]

1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.

2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." Shak.

3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." Shak.

Silk"en, v. t.

Definition: To render silken or silklike. Dyer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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