Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Alternative spelling of silkie.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySimilar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk. · Smooth and pleasant; seductive. · Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous. · Having sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to crunchy.
From Middle English sylky, equivalent to silk + -y.
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