Meaning

1 senses
  1. (literary, not comparable)Made of silver; resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.

    resembling or reminiscent of silver

Origin

From Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *si

From Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *silubrīnaz (“made of silver”); equivalent to silver + -(e)n. Cognate with Dutch zilveren (“silvern”), German silbern (“silvern”).

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Synonyms

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