Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Silken; made of silk.
- Silky; feeling like silk.
- Of the color of the silkworm-moth; of a pale-yellow color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Silken; made of silk.
- adjective Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
silken ; made ofsilk - adjective obsolete Of the colour of the
silkworm ;transparent with ayellow tint .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But what is peculiar to this disease, and distinguishes it from all others at the first glance of the eye, is the bombycinous colour of the skin, which, like that of full-grown silkworms, has a degree of transparency with a yellow tint not greater than is natural to the serum of the blood.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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_ Paucity of bile from a partial inaction of the liver; hence the bombycinous colour of the skin, grey stools, urine not yellow, indigestion, debility, followed by tympany, dropsy, and death.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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She had the bombycinous complexion, and looked like a chlorotic patient, though so young; this generally proceeds from an acid in the stomach.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
she commented on the word bombycinous
Pale yellow, like a silkworm; silken (from Latin bombycinus).
July 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bombycinous
Also used to describe a type of fabric, I believe (as in bombazine).
July 21, 2008