bombycinous
English
Etymology
From Latin bombycinus. See bombazine.
Adjective
bombycinous (comparative more bombycinous, superlative most bombycinous)
- (obsolete) silken; made of silk
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Coles to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Of the colour of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of E. Darwin to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bombycinous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)