of lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
adjective (modifies a noun)
more silver
most silver
Old English seolfor "silver", from Proto-Germanic *silubra- (compare Old Saxon...
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Somewhat silver in colour. (4 of 21 words, 1 usage example)
the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It's very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to be tinctured argent are either left... (39 of 361 words, 1 image)
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the heraldic tincture of silver. Argent may also refer to: In entertainment: Argent (band), a 1960s-1970s British rock band Argent (album), an album by the band | Rod Argent, keyboardist and founding member of The Zombies and Argent | Argent (comics),... (39 of 134 words, 10 definitions)
an archaic or poetic word for "silver" | ((as adjective; often postpositive, especially in heraldry) (14 of 77 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples)
literary & [heraldry] : silver; silvery white | [uncountable, heraldry] : silver as a heraldic tincture. (15 of 55 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
[archaic] the metal silver ; also, "whiteness" | the heraldic color silver or white (13 of 50 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
[heraldry] the tincture or metal silver. | [archaic] ; silver ; something silvery or white. | [obsolete] money | like silver; silvery white. | ... (20 of 47 words, 6 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
[archaic] silver | [obsolete] silver coin; money | [heraldry] the representation of the metal silver: indicated in engravings by a plain white field | ... (21 of 39 words, 4 definitions, pronunciation)
[heraldry] The metal silver, represented by the color white. | [archaic] Silver or something resembling it. (15 of 33 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
like silver in colour or appearance | [literary] a silvery voice or sound is clear, light, and pleasant (17 of 43 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
like silver (2 of 15 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
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having a pleasant clear musical sound (6 of 23 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
chemical element, a white, lustrous metal valued for its decorative beauty and electrical conductivity. Silver is located in Group 11 and Period 5 of ... (24 of 943 words, 3 images)
metallic chemical element; atomic number 47; atomic weight 107.8682; melting point 961.93°C; boiling point 2,212°C; specific gravity 10.5 at 20°C; ... (20 of 476 words)
the metal or the color silver (archaic or literary) | the color white or silver on a coat of arms (19 of 46 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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Origin: Old English seolfor "silver", from Proto-Germanic *silubra- (compare Old Saxon silvbar, Old Norse silfr, Middle Dutch ... (16 of 88 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English, from Old English siolfor, seolfor, from a Common Germanic *silubran. The Germanic word has parallels in Baltic and Slavic (OCS sirebo, Lithuanian sidabras), but the ultimate origin of the word is unknown. A Wanderwort of ... (37 of 53 etymology words)
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Origin: silver + -ish
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Origin: Middle English -ish, -isch, from Old English -isc ("-ish", suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz ("-ish"), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with Dutch -s, German -isch, Norwegian and Danish ... (26 of 34 etymology words)
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Origin: silver + -y
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Origin: Old English -ig, from Proto-Germanic | Middle English and Scots | Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Romanian -ie and -e, from Latin -ia, -ium, -tas, Ancient Greek -ία. Cognate (as far as Latin... (30 of 39 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English, from Old English siolfor, seolfor, probably ultimately from Akkadian ṣarpu, refined silver, verbal ... (15 of 26 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English selver from Old English seolfer, akin to German silber, Gothic silubr, probably a loanword from a non-Indo-European source
Origin: Old English siolfor; related to Old Norse silfr, Gothic silubr, Old High German silabar, Old Slavonic sirebro
Origin: Old English seolfor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zilver and German Silber
First use: before 12th century
Origin: Middle English, from Old English seolfor; akin to Old High German silbar silver, Lithuanian sidabras
Origin: Old English siolfor from Germanic
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