/sil"keuhn/ , adj.
1. made of silk.
2. like silk in smoothness, softness, glossiness, or delicateness.
3. clad in silk.
4. smoothly persuasive or ingratiating; mellifluous: the senator's silken oratory.
5. elegant; luxurious.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE seolcen. See SILK, -EN 2 ]