Sekirov Dictionary

gossamer

UK /ˈɡɒ.sə.mə/US /ˈɡɑ.sə.mɚ/

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

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A fine film made up of cobwebs, seen floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
- A lover may bestride the gossamer / That idles in the wanton summer air, / And yet not fall; so light is vanity. — 1591
•
A soft, sheer fabric.
- Madame wiped the picture with her gossamer handkerchief and impulsively pressed a tender kiss upon the painted canvas. — 1894
(figurative) Anything delicate, light and flimsy.

adjective1

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Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
- The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer folds—God's robe trailing in the sea! — 1857

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