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silvered

[ sil-verd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

coated or plated with silver.
coated with a silverlike substance, as quicksilver or tinfoil:
a mirror of silvered glass.
tinted a silver color, or having silver highlights:
silvered hair.

First recorded in 1475–85; silver + -ed ²

In this case, the proboscis male might easily displace males of the silvered leaf monkey.

There’s even photo evidence of a male proboscis monkey mating with a female silvered leaf monkey.

His black hair silvered precisely at the temples of his chiseled face.

When Mayer silvered, “she, with that long limb, gave the Nazi salute—memorable, public, captured on film.”

Then the flap of the tent dashed aside, and forth strode a figure in silvered casque and hauberk.

His hair, already silvered, and carefully dressed, seemed to furrow his head with streaks of black and white alternately.

She gave the impression of a tall creature of extreme grace as she sat propping her back against her silvered chair.

He will look at the ghostly architecture silvered in the moonlight, and then he will murmur "Big hit!"

A full moon stood in the sky, and radiance silvered the bosom of the lake, the mystic shores, the far-off horizon.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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