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Definition silken

Etymology

From Middle English silken, selken, seolkene, from Old English seolcen, seolucen (“made of silk, silken”), equivalent to silk +‎ -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots selkin, silkin (“silken”), Icelandic silki (“silken”).

Adjective

silken (not comparable)

1. Made of silk.
2. Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.
3. (figuratively, of speech, singing, oratory, etc.) Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation.
4. Dressed in silk.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To render silken or silklike.

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