silvered

[ sil-verd ]

adjective

1. coated or plated with silver.
2. coated with a silverlike substance, as quicksilver or tinfoil:

   a mirror of silvered glass.

3. tinted a silver color, or having silver highlights:

   silvered hair.

Other Words From

• un·silvered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of silvered¹

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

Example Sentences

At 50, still in the blush of youth by today’s silvered political standards, Porter has plenty of highway ahead of her.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms Quinn said: "Daguerre developed a way of taking pictures using a polished silvered plate and a camera. This produced a single image printed directly onto a plate with astonishing clarity, named the daguerreotype."

From BBC

Seventeen years after the Tripod fire, the silvered trunks of dead trees still stand on many slopes.

From Seattle Times

One high status woman in her 20s with mixed ancestry was laid to rest near modern Cambridge under a prominent mound with silvered jewelry, amber beads, and a whole cow.

From Science Magazine

One wall-mounted piece matches a nest of heavy black wire to a branch of metallic-tinted bamboo, and two collages include silvered leaves.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• drab
• dusty
• grey
• silvery