Gossamer

Word GOSSAMER
Character 8
Hyphenation gos sa mer
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Gossamer"

What do we mean by gossamer?

A fine film of cobwebs that is often seen floating in the air or is caught on bushes or grass. noun

Something that is light, delicate, or sheer, such as fabric. noun

Sheer, light, or delicate: synonym: airy. adjective

A fine filmy substance, consisting of cobweb formed by various small spiders, and only, according to some, when they are young. noun

A variety of gauze, softer and stronger than the ordinary kind, much used for veils. noun

Any thin or light material or fabric; also, a garment made of such material; specifically, a thin water-proof outer wrap, especially for women. noun

A mere trifle; a flimsy, trivial matter. noun

Thin and light as gossamer; light: as, a gossamer waterproof or coat.

A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders. noun

Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff. noun

An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer. noun

Any small or young spider which spins webs by which to sail in the air. See Ballooning spider. noun

A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc. noun

A soft, sheer fabric. noun

Anything delicate, light and flimsy. noun

Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate. adjective

A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture noun

Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy adjective

Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider noun

So thin as to transmit light adjective

A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.

A soft, sheer fabric.

Anything delicate, light and flimsy.

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The word "gossamer" in example sentences

They would laugh in gossamer tones, and then move on gracefully to someone else, sometimes moving gracefully at speeds exceeding 40 mph. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It seems the gossamer should be able to accomplish this with out giving you too much bulk, though it's all purely hypothetical on my part. ❋ Jean (2009)

Professor Rhys, in his Welsh Fairy Tales -- _Y Cymmrodor_ vol. v., p. 75 -- says, that gossamer, which is generally called in North Wales ❋ Elias Owen (N/A)

The gossamer is a sign both of approaching autumn and, exactly at the opposite season of the year, of approaching spring. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

The remark that I shall make on these cobweb-like appearances, called gossamer, is, that, strange and superstitious as the notions about them were formerly, nobody in these days doubts but that they are the real production of small spiders, which swarm in the fields in fine weather in autumn, and have a power of shooting out webs from their tails so as to render themselves buoyant, and lighter than air. ❋ Gilbert White (1756)

It's not easy to put this kind of gossamer dynamic into words, but it was as if the African American population possessed a kind of subconscious forgiveness for the whites around them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The aeronautic spiders are known as "gossamer" spiders, because of the extreme lightness of the filaments that they cast out to the wind. ❋ Charles Fort (N/A)

Agostino and Laura, laughing in their hearts at the mother's mysterious veneration for Carlo, had to explain that 'gossamer' was a poetic, generic term, to embrace the lighter qualities of masculine youth. ❋ George Meredith (1868)

Mukhát al-Shaytan (Satan's snivel), = our "gossamer" = God's summer ❋ Anonymous (1855)

The attention called into her guest's face a pleasurable glow; he met her with caution, and replied to her in his softest tones, as if there was a kind of gossamer happiness hanging in the air which he feared to disturb by drawing too deep a breath. ❋ Charlotte Bront�� (1835)

This is the kind of gossamer-thin separation that makes CBS think that it can claim objectivity, fairness, insert your favorite BS phrase. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She had on what is called a gossamer, which covered her from neck to toe, and on her head a hat wrapped all about with a blue veil. " ❋ Anna Katharine Green (1890)

"gossamer" spiders, little aeronauts that cast out filaments by which the wind carries them. ❋ Charles Fort (N/A)

The attention called into her guest’s face a pleasurable glow; he met her with caution, and replied to her in his softest tones, as if there was a kind of gossamer happiness hanging in the air which he feared to disturb by drawing too deep a breath. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The master suite was inviting with its queen canopy bed draped with gossamer fabric. ❋ Shamara Ray (2011)

Zeitlin can take you from sensitive passages that he renders with a gossamer touch to daring explorations that bring you to the brink of precipice, without ever letting you fall over the edge. ❋ Ralph A. Miriello (2011)

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