Gossamer meaning

gŏsə-mər
Something that is light, delicate, or sheer, such as fabric.
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The definition of a gossamer is a cobweb, or a soft, sheer piece of cloth.

An example of a gossamer is a very lightweight, sheer piece of fabric.

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The definition of gossamer is light, thin and filmy.

An example of something gossamer is a layer of bubble liquid spread in the air.

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A fine film of cobwebs that is often seen floating in the air or is caught on bushes or grass.
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Sheer, light, or delicate.
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A filmy cobweb floating in the air or spread on bushes or grass.
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A very thin, soft, filmy cloth.
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(former) A lightweight waterproof coat.
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Anything like gossamer in lightness, flimsiness, etc.
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Light, thin, and filmy.
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A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc.
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Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
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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!" — Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)

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Origin of gossamer

  • Middle English gossomer gos goose goose somer summer (probably from the abundance of gossamer during early autumn when geese migrate and are often hunted) summer1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English gossomer, from gos (“goose”) + somer (“summer”).

    From Wiktionary

Gossamer Sentence Examples

  • The shape of fairy wings vary from a moth's wings to a butterfly to gossamer bird -like wings that flare upwards.

  • Your little girl will likely have a say in what her holiday dress should look like, and chances are she will choose something spectacularly gossamer.

  • The construction of Hampton Bay fans includes the addition of Gossamer Wind blades as the brand name for every fan.

  • It soon became the norm for fairies to be pictured as the size of buttercups and daisies, flitting about on gossamer wings and hidding under toadstools.

  • It was formerly supposed that this custom was peculiar to a single species, which was called the "gossamer" spider from the fact that the floating webs, when brought to the earth by rain or intercepted by bushes and trees, coat the foliage or grass with a sheeting of gossamer-like silk; but the habit is now known to be practised by the newly-hatched young of a great variety of species belonging to several distinct families.

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