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silvern

sil·vern

UK/ˈsɪlvən/ US/ˈsɪlvɚn/ uncommon literary

adjective

1.

resembling or reminiscent of silver

  • “a soft silvern voice”
  • “singing in her silvery tones”
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2.

having the white lustrous sheen of silver

  • “a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap”
  • “repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen”
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Origin

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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