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In most cases like this, I would be inclined to agree...but silk as in a silk blouse seems like an adjective to me. You can say another blouse is more silk or less silk (that may or not prove anything though). It may derive from an adjective in Middle English (silk, silke) and therefore warrant its own Etym header. Leasnam (talk) 21:19, 5 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
In Canadian English, you can't say "more silk" or "less silk," as far as I'm aware, so if a non-attributive use exists, it may be regional.
I'm on the fence. I can't find any clearly adjectival use in English. If this is indeed derived from a Middle English adjective, it would be evidence that the adjective section might merit inclusion under a "jiffy"-like "aliquot" rationale. But the Middle English adjective is homographic to and supposedly derived from the noun, which makes the case less convincing. OTOH, although Merriam-Webster has it only as a "noun, often attributive", Dictionary.com does have an adjective section, which is a "lemming" rationale for inclusion. The fact that other languages have adjectives for this means it would be useful (in the general case) to have an adjective section to put them in, but in this particular case they can go in silken regardless of whether or not silk has an adjective section. Meh. Weak keep.- -sche(discuss)20:22, 6 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
M-W says "noun, often attributive". AHD has an adjective section. oxforddictionaries.com uses tag "often as modifier" on its fabric subsense. On another note, I find the splitting of etymology based on minor differences unhelpful. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:31, 18 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
Delete. I do not see it as a true adjective. However, there are also adjective entries for paper "Made of paper", copper "Made of copper", brick, "Made of brick(s)", and so on, so perhaps the general question needs looking at. I do not agree that any of those are proper adjectives in those meanings. Mihia (talk) 04:11, 24 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
