silken
Adjective Satellite
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
- "silken eyelashes"
Adj
- Made of silk.
- Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
- Having a smooth, soft, or light texture.
- Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
- Having a smooth, soft, or flowing utterance; attractive or (typically derogatory) convincing through pleasing expression.
- Dressed in silk.
Verb
- To render silken or silklike.
Adjective
- Made of, or resembling, silk.
Examples
- a silken veil
- Her strategy was so smooth and SILKEN, her opponent never saw the triple-word coming.
Origin / 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”).
Scrabble Score: 10
silken: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsilken: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
silken: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
silken: valid Words With Friends Word