velvety Definition

velvet
noun

1. A fabric, usually cotton, nylon or silk, with a very short soft closely woven pile on one side.
2. The soft skin that covers the growing antlers of deer and is rubbed off as they mature.

adj

1. Made of velvet.
2. Soft or smooth like velvet.

Thesaurus: silken, shiny, plushy, fine-textured, soft.

Derivative: velvety
adj

Idiom: on velvet

colloq
In a comfortable position of safety or wealth.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin velvettum, from villus tuft or shaggy hair.