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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Adj. structural, organic; anatomic, anatomical. textural, textile; fine grained, coarse grained; fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny; coarse; homespun. rough, gritty; smooth. smooth as silk, smooth as satin.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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
He was playing in delicate variations, tranquil and enchanting, of effects in gold and silver, now gossamery thin, now thick and rich.
From Over the Pass by Frederick Palmer
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
