silveryadj.

/ˈsɪlvəri/

Etymology: < silver n. and adj. + -y suffix¹. Compare Dutch sulverich, zilverich, German silberig.

a. Having the hue or lustre of silver.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > silvery

whiteOE

silverc1405

silverish1530

argentine1578

argenta1593

silver-coloured1594

silver-white1598

silver-like1611

silvery1611

argenteous1881

silvern1885

the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > lustrous or shining with reflected light > of or like precious stones, metals, or fabrics > with a silvery lustre

silverc1405

silver-coloured1594

silveredc1600

silvery1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Argentin, argentine, siluerie.

1704 J. Petiver Gazophylacii III. 41 This is a flat edible Fish,..Silvery above and brown below.

1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 413 Of all th' enamel'd race, whose silv'ry wing Waves to the tepid Zephyrs of the spring, Or swims along the fluid atmosphere.

1796 T. Twining Trav. India (1892) 2 His thin silvery locks curled round the collar of his old-fashioned..coat.

1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms i. 86 While yet the silvery glory lies, Above the sparkling foam.

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. viii. 167 This bush has fine silvery leaves.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 290 One small bright silvery likeness of a cloud.

b. silvery iron n. an inferior kind of pig-iron, more commonly called white iron.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > cast iron in form of pigs > types of

mine-iron1838

grundy1840

silvery iron1861

mine pig1867

marked bar1888

marked iron1888

1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 67 Under these conditions, it makes what is called white or silvery iron.

2. In names of trees or plants, as silvery acacia, silvery hair-grass, silvery honeysuckle, silvery oak.

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1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 75 Aira caryophyllea..(Silvery Hair-grass)... Its panicle is of a silvery grey colour.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 293 Acacia subcærulea,..Silvery, or Blue-leaved Acacia.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 552 Grevillea striata,..Silvery Honeysuckle.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 599 Stenocarpus salignus,..Silky Oak. Silvery Oak.

a. Having a clear gentle metallic resonance; silver-toned, melodious.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adjective] > gentle or not harsh > gentle and clear

silver1526

liquida1637

flute-like1729

fluty1823

silvery1824

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > timbre or quality > pure or clear

brightOE

silver1526

silvered1642

purea1791

silvery1824

pellucid1952

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxi. 35 The silvery bell rung.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. ix. 193 In his ears one silvery voice was ringing.

1884 St. James's Gaz. 21 June 5/1 A peculiar soft silvery tone which contrasts very strikingly with the English bands.

b. Silver-voiced.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [adjective] > qualities of voice > having voice of specific quality

well-voiced1634

sweet-breasteda1640

silvery1821

sweet-throat1870

1821 Ld. Byron Diary in Wks. (1846) 531/2 Burdett is sweet and silvery.

4. Producing silver; containing silver.

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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > silver

silver1478

silverish1648

argentific1671

argentiferous1801

silvery1870

1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon vii. 120 At one end of the valley, perched above the clouds, is silvery Potosí.

1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 154 It is only requisite to melt the silvery gold.

Compounds

C1.

a. Qualifying other adjectives, as silvery-green, silvery-silken, silvery-white, etc.

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1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 242 Stem hollow, silvery grey.

1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. ii. 588 Silvery-brownish Slow-Worm.

1831 E. A. Poe To Helen in Poet. Wks. (1859) 62 Through heaven There fell a silvery-silken veil of light.

1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 174/1 The brilliant silvery-white appearance so characteristic of the fibrous membranes.

1882 Garden 25 Nov. 469/3 Silvery pink, becoming darker with age.

b. Parasynthetic or instrumental, as silvery-eyed, silvery-leaved, silvery-lined, silvery-sided, silvery-tongued, etc.

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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 252 The silvery-eyed, red Sparus..is also a very beautiful fish.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 461/2 Silvery-leaved iron-wood, a native of Carolina.

1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 196 Geranium Argenteum. Silvery-leaved Crane's Bill.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Islet 20 Over-stream'd and silvery-streak'd With many a rivulet.

1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 200 The storm was succeeded by masses of silvery-lined clouds.

1885 E. W. Hamilton Diary 29 Jan. (1972) II. 783 The German Ambassador whom Bismarck suspects of being too silvery-tongued over here.

C2. In names of animals, birds, and fishes. Also in some names of moths, as silvery arches, silvery broad bar, silvery hawk (Rennie, 1832).

silvery fox n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes fulva (red fox)

black fox1586

red fox1706

silvery fox1781

patch fox1836

Samson fox1842

1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 241 The Silvery Fox..abound in the wooded eminences in Louisiana.

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 44 The Silvery or Black Fox.

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 368 The Silvery Fox (Canis Argentatus) is a species which has been known for a long time.

silvery gibbon n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Hylobatidae > genus Hylobates > Hylobates lar (gibbon)

gibbon1774

lar1819

silvery gibbon1824

wow-wow1824

silver gibbon1893

1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 209 The Ash-coloured or Silvery Gibbon, also called the Wou Wou.

1871 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 81 A species which is called the Wow-wow, or Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates leuciscus).

silvery gull n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus argentatus (herring-gull)

silvery gull1785

herring-gull1857

1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 533 Silvery..Gull... Larus argentatus..with a white head and neck.

c1875 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 207 The last-named species..from its lighter colour is often called the Silvery Gull.

silvery shrew mole n.

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1871 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 374 The Prairie Mole, or the Silvery Shrew Mole (Scalops argentatus).

silvery gade n.

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1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 195 The Silvery Gade, Motella argenteola.

1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 64 The second species (Couchia argentata) is commonly known as the Silvery Gade.

silvery hair-tail n. (see quots.)

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1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 182 The Silvery hairtail, trichiurus lepturus.

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. 154 The hair-tail or silvery hair-tail, blade-fish.

silvery pout n. A small marine fish, Gadiculus argenteus thori, belonging to the cod family and found in north-western Europe and the Mediterranean.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > gadicus argenteus (silvery pout)

silvery pout1925

1925 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 155 The Silvery Pout is not often met with close inshore.

1959 A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. ii. 229 The little silvery pout..is an even more deep-water species.

silvery salmon n. (see quot.)

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1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 63 Silvery Salmon, Salmo Argentinus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	silvery
释义	† silveryn. Etymology: < silver n. and adj. = Silver sickness (silver n. and adj. Compounds 2).Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > practice of > feigning sickness for a bribe silverya1387 silver sickness1548 silver squinsy1611 silver quinsy1706 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 335 Þanne oon of þe peple cride and seide, ‘It is no squynacie but silverie [v.r. selvery] that it ailleþ’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). silveryadj. /ˈsɪlvəri/ Etymology: < silver n. and adj. + -y suffix¹. Compare Dutch sulverich, zilverich, German silberig. 1. a. Having the hue or lustre of silver. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > silvery whiteOE silverc1405 silverish1530 argentine1578 argenta1593 silver-coloured1594 silver-white1598 silver-like1611 silvery1611 argenteous1881 silvern1885 the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > lustrous or shining with reflected light > of or like precious stones, metals, or fabrics > with a silvery lustre silverc1405 silver-coloured1594 silveredc1600 silvery1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Argentin, argentine, siluerie. 1704 J. Petiver Gazophylacii III. 41 This is a flat edible Fish,..Silvery above and brown below. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 413 Of all th' enamel'd race, whose silv'ry wing Waves to the tepid Zephyrs of the spring, Or swims along the fluid atmosphere. 1796 T. Twining Trav. India (1892) 2 His thin silvery locks curled round the collar of his old-fashioned..coat. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms i. 86 While yet the silvery glory lies, Above the sparkling foam. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. viii. 167 This bush has fine silvery leaves. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 290 One small bright silvery likeness of a cloud. b. silvery iron n. an inferior kind of pig-iron, more commonly called white iron. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > type of iron > cast iron > cast iron in form of pigs > types of mine-iron1838 grundy1840 silvery iron1861 mine pig1867 marked bar1888 marked iron1888 1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 67 Under these conditions, it makes what is called white or silvery iron. 2. In names of trees or plants, as silvery acacia, silvery hair-grass, silvery honeysuckle, silvery oak. ΚΠ 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 75 Aira caryophyllea..(Silvery Hair-grass)... Its panicle is of a silvery grey colour. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 293 Acacia subcærulea,..Silvery, or Blue-leaved Acacia. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 552 Grevillea striata,..Silvery Honeysuckle. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 599 Stenocarpus salignus,..Silky Oak. Silvery Oak. 3. a. Having a clear gentle metallic resonance; silver-toned, melodious. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adjective] > gentle or not harsh > gentle and clear silver1526 liquida1637 flute-like1729 fluty1823 silvery1824 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > timbre or quality > pure or clear brightOE silver1526 silvered1642 purea1791 silvery1824 pellucid1952 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxi. 35 The silvery bell rung. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. ix. 193 In his ears one silvery voice was ringing. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 21 June 5/1 A peculiar soft silvery tone which contrasts very strikingly with the English bands. b. Silver-voiced. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [adjective] > qualities of voice > having voice of specific quality well-voiced1634 sweet-breasteda1640 silvery1821 sweet-throat1870 1821 Ld. Byron Diary in Wks. (1846) 531/2 Burdett is sweet and silvery. 4. Producing silver; containing silver. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > silver silver1478 silverish1648 argentific1671 argentiferous1801 silvery1870 1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon vii. 120 At one end of the valley, perched above the clouds, is silvery Potosí. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 154 It is only requisite to melt the silvery gold. Compounds C1. a. Qualifying other adjectives, as silvery-green, silvery-silken, silvery-white, etc. ΚΠ 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 242 Stem hollow, silvery grey. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. ii. 588 Silvery-brownish Slow-Worm. 1831 E. A. Poe To Helen in Poet. Wks. (1859) 62 Through heaven There fell a silvery-silken veil of light. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 174/1 The brilliant silvery-white appearance so characteristic of the fibrous membranes. 1882 Garden 25 Nov. 469/3 Silvery pink, becoming darker with age. b. Parasynthetic or instrumental, as silvery-eyed, silvery-leaved, silvery-lined, silvery-sided, silvery-tongued, etc. ΚΠ 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 252 The silvery-eyed, red Sparus..is also a very beautiful fish. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 461/2 Silvery-leaved iron-wood, a native of Carolina. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 196 Geranium Argenteum. Silvery-leaved Crane's Bill. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Islet 20 Over-stream'd and silvery-streak'd With many a rivulet. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 200 The storm was succeeded by masses of silvery-lined clouds. 1885 E. W. Hamilton Diary 29 Jan. (1972) II. 783 The German Ambassador whom Bismarck suspects of being too silvery-tongued over here. C2. In names of animals, birds, and fishes. Also in some names of moths, as silvery arches, silvery broad bar, silvery hawk (Rennie, 1832). a. silvery fox n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes fulva (red fox) black fox1586 red fox1706 silvery fox1781 patch fox1836 Samson fox1842 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 241 The Silvery Fox..abound in the wooded eminences in Louisiana. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 44 The Silvery or Black Fox. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom II. 368 The Silvery Fox (Canis Argentatus) is a species which has been known for a long time. silvery gibbon n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Hylobatidae > genus Hylobates > Hylobates lar (gibbon) gibbon1774 lar1819 silvery gibbon1824 wow-wow1824 silver gibbon1893 1824 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (1827) I. 209 The Ash-coloured or Silvery Gibbon, also called the Wou Wou. 1871 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 81 A species which is called the Wow-wow, or Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates leuciscus). silvery gull n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Larus (gull) > larus argentatus (herring-gull) silvery gull1785 herring-gull1857 1785 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. II. ii. 533 Silvery..Gull... Larus argentatus..with a white head and neck. c1875 Cassell's Nat. Hist. IV. 207 The last-named species..from its lighter colour is often called the Silvery Gull. silvery shrew mole n. ΚΠ 1871 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 374 The Prairie Mole, or the Silvery Shrew Mole (Scalops argentatus). b. silvery gade n. ΚΠ 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 195 The Silvery Gade, Motella argenteola. 1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 64 The second species (Couchia argentata) is commonly known as the Silvery Gade. silvery hair-tail n. (see quots.) ΚΠ 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 182 The Silvery hairtail, trichiurus lepturus. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland I. 154 The hair-tail or silvery hair-tail, blade-fish. c. silvery pout n. A small marine fish, Gadiculus argenteus thori, belonging to the cod family and found in north-western Europe and the Mediterranean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > gadicus argenteus (silvery pout) silvery pout1925 1925 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 155 The Silvery Pout is not often met with close inshore. 1959 A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. ii. 229 The little silvery pout..is an even more deep-water species. d. silvery salmon n. (see quot.) ΚΠ 1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. i. 63 Silvery Salmon, Salmo Argentinus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1387adj.1611
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† silveryn.

silveryadj.

Compounds