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The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
  2. n. Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.
  3. n. the smooth feel of silk fabric
  4. 1. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness. 2. Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness. [R.] B. Jonson.
  5. n. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness. n. Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.