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velvety

[vel-vi-tee]

adjective

suggestive of or resembling velvet; smooth; soft: velvety rose petals; a velvety voice; a velvety cream sauce.

(of liquor) smooth-tasting; mild; mellow: a velvety Scotch.

Origin:
1745–55; velvet + -y¹

Related forms

vel·vet·i·ness, noun

un·vel·vet·y, adjective

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velvet (ˈvɛlvɪt)

—n
1.	a. a fabric of silk, cotton, nylon, etc, with a thick close soft usually lustrous pile
	b. (as modifier): velvet curtains
2.	anything with a smooth soft surface
3.	a. smoothness; softness
	b. (as modifier): velvet skin; a velvet night
4.	the furry covering of the newly formed antlers of a deer
5.	slang chiefly (US)
	a. gambling or speculative winnings
	b. a gain, esp when unexpectedly high
6.	velvet glove gentleness or caution, often concealing strength or determination (esp in the phrase an iron fistorhand in a velvet glove)

[C14: veluet, from Old French veluotte, from velu hairy, from Vulgar Latin villutus (unattested), from Latin villus shaggy hair]

'velvet-like

—*adj*

'velvety

—*adj*

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