Meaning and Origin
What does the name Velvet mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from California, U.S., the name Velvet means "Soft woven tufted fabric".
- A user from Alabama, U.S. says the name Velvet means "Soft".
- A submission from South Carolina, U.S. says the name Velvet means "Fabric".
- A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back, or with other soft fibers such as nylon, acetate, or rayon.
- The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.
- Something likened to velvet{1} in being soft or luxurious; as, a lawn of velvet .
Etymology: OE. velouette veluet velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See Wool, and cf. Villous
- A silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
- Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
- Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Late Latin villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours.
- A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
- Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
- (rare) A female chinchilla; a sow.
- (slang) The drug dextromethorphan.
- (slang) Money acquired by gambling.
velvet was also found in the following language(s): Middle English