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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Silkiness

· Silk·i·ness · IPA
01 n. The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.[R.]