velutinous
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- adjective Covered with dense, soft, silky hairs.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Resembling velvet; velvety; soft.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adjective Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adjective Having a layer of soft short hairs, like velvet.
Examples
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The tea menu is a tiny piece of delight, with descriptions that blithely use words like "velutinous" and "viridescent" and "vegetal" to describe their oolongs and whites and blacks.
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Shelby had been saving up words for this:velutinous, sybaritic, hedonic, effulgent.
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Fine texture and weight on the palate though, with well knit, supple, velutinous tannins.
Note
The word 'velutinous' comes from an Italian word meaning 'velvet'.
