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tissuey

6.7

Thin and light like tissue paper

adjective
/ˈtɪʃuːi/

: delicado

The dress she wore had a beautiful, tissuey fabric that flowed elegantly around her legs.

Examples

And also maybe because it was Christmas Eve at last, a tissuey, translucent moon was already rising high.

Fiction book (2000)
He wrapped the fragile gift in a tissuey layer of wrapping paper to protect it.
The artist used a tissuey technique to create delicate layers in her painting.

Synonyms

paper-thin

vstissuey

8 3.9

Very thin and easily damaged, like a sheet of paper

focuses on thin, light, and delicate quality rather than just thinness

airy

vstissuey

6 3.4

Very light and delicate, often seeming to float

denotes thin, light, and delicate material rather than an insubstantial feel

filmy

vstissuey

4 5.8

A thin, light layer that is almost see-through

is about being thin and delicate without implying near transparency

diaphanous

vstissuey

4 9.6

Very light, delicate material that is almost transparent

stresses thin, light, and delicate feel without focusing on transparency

papery

vstissuey

2 4.8

Thin and like paper in feel or look

is focused more on the delicate and light quality than texture

gossamer

vstissuey

1 8.6

Very light and delicate like a thin cloth or spider web

is more plain and literal, describing ordinary thin and delicate material

tissue-like

vstissuey

3.7

Very thin, soft, and easy to tear like paper used for cleaning

is the general adjective for being thin, light, and delicate like soft paper

paperlike

vstissuey

4.1

Feels thin, flat and dry like paper

is more specific about being light, thin, and delicate rather than general resemblance

chartaceous

vstissuey

Specialized

9.9

Having a thin texture like paper

leans toward delicate thinness and lightness rather than just texture

sheetlike

vstissuey

5.2

Thin and flat like a sheet

focuses on delicate thinness and light feel rather than sheet form

How Delicate

gossamer

1 8.6

delicate

188 3.8

tissuey

6.7

thin

420 1.0

light

79 1.0

sturdy

76 2.1

Surface Forms

tissuey positive

Morphology

tissuey = tissue (transparent) = tissue + y

The adjective is formed by adding -y to 'tissue'; the meaning 'thin, light, and delicate like tissue paper' follows directly from that base sense of 'tissue'.

Etymology

Tissuey comes from tissue, the thin paper used for gifts and for the face, and that word first meant 'woven' cloth in French. So, when you call something 'tissuey' you mean it is thin, light, and delicate like tissue paper.