silken

Meaning

Adj

1. Made of silk.
2. Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
3. Synonym of silky, like silk, silklike, particularly
4. Dressed in silk.

Verb

To render silken or silklike.

Synonyms

silky

silk

sleek

of silk

silk-

satiny

slick

silklike

fluxional

elegant

smooth

soft

stylish

sericious

made of silk

shining

glossy

Hyphenated as

silk‧en

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪlkən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: silken

Inherited from Old English: seolcen

Cognate with Scots: selkin

Cognate with Icelandic: silki

In summary

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”).