Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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