gossamer
noun
a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
gossamery
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a word derived from
gossamer.
Example Sentences
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Written on the First Leaf of a Lady's Album Thou fragile, filmy, gossamery thing, First leaf of spring!
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Mary Lamb
A vessel borne by magic gales, All rigg'd with gossamery sails, And bound for Fairy-land?
From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by John Lyde Wilson
On, gay adventurers, bravely ride the billowy furze, Golden foil and dewy pearls are swaying to a tune: Quaff the brew of red raspberry through the vine veils gossamery.
From Ballads of Peace in War by Michael Earls
But I must not anticipate—a beautiful veil of brown tissue, none of your woolleny, gruff fabrics, fit only for penance, but a silken, gossamery cloud, soft as a baby's cheek.
From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton
And though you could not mark the delicacies of faces, you could have the full effect of costume,—rich, majestic, floating, gossamery, impalpable.
From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton
