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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the Seres, an Asiatic people, from whom the ancient Greeks and Romans got the first silk.

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  • Silken; Chinese

    from Latin sericus

    April 25, 2009

  • Compare serigraphy – silkscreening.

    April 25, 2009