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a texture that hijacks your fingers before your brain even gets a vote
means Smooth and soft to the touch, taste, or sense — having the rich, plush quality of velvet.
from Built straight on "velvet," which entered English in the 14th century from Old French "veluotte" and Medieval Latin "villutus," meaning "shaggy" or "tufted" — itself from Latin "villus," a tuft of hair. So the word's deep root is literally fuzz: the soft pile of the fabric became the standard for anything that feels lush, and "-y" simply turned that fabric into an adjective for everything that imitates it.
- light trap
- Velvet's pile absorbs light, deepening color from any angle
- royal monopoly
- Once so costly only nobility could legally wear it
- sound word too
- Describes voices smooth enough to pour
- velvet ants
- Their fuzz hides a sting nicknamed cow killer
- antler stage
- Growing deer antlers wear a living velvet skin
velvet revolution — 1989 peaceful uprising in czechoslovakia that overthrew communist rule in weeks
velvet underground — 1960s new york rock band featuring lou reed that pioneered experimental music