单词 | satinity |
释义 | satinityn. rare. The quality of resembling satin; smoothness, sleekness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > resembling that of specific cloth silkiness1752 satinity1821 satin finish1848 velvetiness1882 1821 London Mag. May 307/1 A courtezan in a fair Quaker's chaste satinity and smooth sleekness. 1830 C. Lamb Let. 8 Mar. (1935) III. 251 Your friend Battin (for I knew him immediately by the smooth satinity of his style) must excuse me for [etc.]. 1980 W. Percy Second Coming i. i. 8 Nature had endowed her with such beauty and grace of body, a dark satinity of skin, a sweet firm curve and compaction of limb as not easily to be believed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821 |
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