silken
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlkən/
The English word “silken” has 6 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Made of silk.
- Having a smooth, soft, or light texture.
- Suave.
- Having a smooth, soft, or flowing utterance; attractive or (typically derogatory) convincing through pleasing expression.
- Dressed in silk.
verb
- To render silken or silklike.
Etymology
From Middle English silken, selken, seolkene, from Old English seolcen, from seolc (“silk”) + -en, from an unattested early Proto-West Germanic borrowing from Latin sēricum, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). Equivalent to silk + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots selkin, silkin (“silken”), Icelandic silki (“silken”).
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