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Definition of Silverish
1. Adjective. Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver. "Silvery hair"
Similar to: Achromatic, Neutral
Derivative terms: Argent, Silver
Definition of Silverish
1. Adjective. Somewhat silver in colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silverish
Literary usage of Silverish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
""Mrs. Tad-Wallington, dressed in a kind of silverish flowered—brocaded, I
guess—stuff, with a bunch pf ..."
2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"Her white dress fell about her like a silverish shroud; and on the table near
the window where she had sat to finish her task lay a manuscript. ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"It is of a color inclining to yellow, spotted with small scales of a silverish
mica and grains of ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"It is of a color inclining to yellow, spotted with small scales of a silverish
mica and grains of ..."
5. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1841)
"It is of a color inclining to yellow, spotted with small scales of a silverish
mica and grains of ..."
6. The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris by John Carr (1803)
"A deux sols, or two pence french, and one penny english, is nearly the size of
our sixpence, but is copper, with a white or silverish mixture, ..."
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