silkness

English

Etymology

From silk +‎ -ness.

Noun

silkness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) silkiness
   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     your silknesse Clearly mistakes Mecænas and his house

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXVI. Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 237:

     The imperious duchess had the eyes of a dove, and the mouth of a child; and the hair had that soft glossy silkness which I fancy usually belongs to a gentle and sensitive temperament.

References

• “silkness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• sinkless, skinless