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whole silk n. [after post-classical Latin holoserica garment made entirely of silk (5th cent.), use as noun of feminine of holosericus made entirely of silk (4th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek ὁλοσηρικός of silk < ancient Greek ὅλος whole (see holo- comb. form) + Hellenistic Greek σηρικός of silk (see Seric adj.)] fabric consisting entirely of silk; a type or piece of this; cf. half-silk n. at half adj. Compounds 2.