gossamer
1
8.6
- adjective
- /ˈɡɑːsəmər/
:
diáfano
- And yet it is gossamer really, it's just words and, and that's magic to me.
And yet it is gossamer really, it's just words and, and that's magic to me.
- And yet it is gossamer really, it's just words and, and that's magic to me.
Examples
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Love is a sort of gossamer beauty and ignore it!
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She wore the same long dress; however, it was a gossamer hand-me-down from who-knows-whom that made her look even smaller and younger than the eight or nine she probably was—that made her look almost transparent, more wraith than flesh.
Fiction book (1999) -
And then he sees a bright electric blue, gossamer thin one that is definitely connected to me.
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It is a very, very lightweight, very almost gossamer piece of Velcro loop.
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The thread was the finest silk from Taprobane, so gossamer and transparent that it seemed as if the lips of the gaping wound separating an arm from the shoulder were adhering to each other by some sort of physical magnetism, or by magic.
Fiction book (1991) -
The dancer wore a gossamer dress that flowed gracefully with every movement.
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A gossamer web sparkled in the morning dew, revealing its delicate structure.
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She carefully draped the gossamer scarf around her shoulders, adding an ethereal touch to her outfit.
Synonyms
22
8.8
Very light and delicate in a way that seems heavenly
12
4.0
Very thin and almost see-through, like light fabric
7
6.7
Very thin and light, often letting light pass through like a curtain
4
5.8
A thin, light layer that is almost see-through
4
9.6
Very light, delicate material that is almost transparent
1
7.5
A thing that has thin spider webs on it
1
7.2
Light and not solid, like a dream fading at dawn
Very thin and light, like a fine spider web
A very thin, light cloth that is almost see-through
Thin and light like tissue paper
Antonyms
Compounds
How Delicate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gossamer probably comes from the image of goose + summer, when fragile cobwebs floated in the air, and that picture helps explain why gossamer means 'extremely light and delicate'.