COBWEBBY

cobwebby

(adjective) covered with cobwebs

diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

(adjective) so thin as to transmit light; “a hat with a diaphanous veil”; “filmy wings of a moth”; “gauzy clouds of dandelion down”; “gossamer cobwebs”; “sheer silk stockings”; “transparent chiffon”; “vaporous silks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cobwebby (comparative cobwebbier, superlative cobwebbiest)

Having many cobwebs.

Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.

(figurative) Old or dated.

Synonyms

• (having many cobwebs): cobwebbed

• (resembling a cobweb): spider-webby

• (old, dated): aged, cobwebbed, hoary; see also old or obsolete

Source: Wiktionary


Cob"web`by, a.

Definition: Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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