silvered en · ADJ
Meanings
- Coated with silver, made reflective or shiny by application of metal.
-
Hoary with age; silver-haired.
Professor Malik Solanka, retired historian of ideas, irascible dollmaker, and since his recent fifty-fifth birthday celibate and solitary by his own (much criticized) choice, in his silvered years found himself living in a golden age.
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more silvered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most silvered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonsilvered · unsilvered · half-silvered mirror
Translations (3)
gv argidit (coated with silver) · es plateado (coated with silver) · fi hopeoitu (coated with silver)