US /ˈsɪlvɚn/ UK /ˈsɪlvən/
adj Freq #767868

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having the white lustrous sheen of silver

    The poem describes a silvern river under moonlight.

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Synonyms
1 adj · having the white lustrous... silver

Etymology

From Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *silubrīnaz (“made of silver”); equivalent to silver + -(e)n. Cognate with Dutch zilveren (“silvern”), German silbern (“silvern”).

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