English Explanatory Dictionary

sericeous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to silk; consisting of, or resembling silk; silky.
  2. Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface.
  3. Having a silky lustre, usually due to fine, close hairs

Word forms

sericeous more sericeous most sericeous sericious

Etymology

From Latin sēricus (“silken”), sēricum (“Seric material; silk”), from Sēricus (“belonging to the Seres”): Sērēs, Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese, celebrated for their silken fabrics”). Compare silk, serge.

Derived words

sericeously
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