satin

noun

1. a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
2. satin weave.
3. a dress or other garment of satin: She wore her green satin.

adjective

4. of or like satin; smooth; glossy.
5. made of or covered or decorated with satin: a satin pillow.

noun

1. a fabric of silk, rayon, etc, closely woven to show much of the warp, giving a smooth glossy appearance
2. (modifier) of or like satin in texturea satin finish

n.mid-14c., from Old French satin (14c.), perhaps from Arabic (atlas) zaytuni, literally “(satin) from Zaitun,” a Chinese city, perhaps modern Quanzhou in Fukien province, southern China, a major port in the Middle Ages, with a resident community of European traders. The form of the word perhaps influenced in French by Latin seta “silk.” OED finds the Arabic connection etymologically untenable and takes the French word straight from Latin. As an adjective from mid-15c.