SILKINESS

silkiness, sleekness

(noun) the smooth feel of silk fabric

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

silkiness (usually uncountable, plural silkinesses)

The property of being silky.

Anagrams

• Lesinskis

Source: Wiktionary


Silk"i*ness, n.

1. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

2. Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness. [R.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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