silky

English

Etymology

From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlki/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlki

Adjective

silky (comparative silkier, superlative silkiest)

1. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.

   cloth with a silky lustre

   silky hair

2. Smooth and pleasant; seductive.

   a silky wine

   a silky voice

   silky skills

3. (botany) Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.

Derived terms

• silky oak
• silky soft

Translations

similar in texture or appearance to silk

• Asturian: sedosu
• Bulgarian: копринен (koprinen)
• Catalan: sedós
• French: soyeux (fr)
• Galician: sedoso
• German: seidig (de), seidenweich
• Hungarian: selymes (hu)
• Kalmyk: торһн (torğn)
• Luxembourgish: seideg, fluesseg (lb)
• Maori: māheniheni, mania (of hair)
• Norman: souoyeux
• Polish: jedwabny (pl)
• Portuguese: sedoso
• Russian: шёлковый (ru) (šólkovyj)
• Spanish: sedoso (es)
• Swedish: silkeslen (sv)
• Tagalog: malasutla

smooth like silk

• Maori: māheniheni, mania (referring to hair), mohimohi

Noun

silky (plural silkies)

1. Alternative spelling of silkie

References

• silky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “silky”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

• Kisly