GOSSAMER

ethereal, gossamer

(adjective) characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; “this smallest and most ethereal of birds”; “gossamer shading through his playing”

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”

cobweb, gossamer

(noun) filaments from a web that was spun by a spider

gossamer

(noun) a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Noun

gossamer (countable and uncountable, plural gossamers)

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.

Adjective

gossamer (comparative more gossamer, superlative most gossamer)

Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.

Synonyms

• gossamery

• gossamer-thin

Source: Wiktionary

---

Gos"sa*mer, n. Etym: [OE. gossomer, gossummer, gosesomer, perh. for goose summer, from its downy appearance, or perh. for God's summer, cf. G. mariengarr gossamer, properly Mary's yarn, in allusion to the Virgin Mary. Perhaps the E. word alluded to a legend that the gossamer was the remnant of the Virgin Mary's winding sheet, which dropped from her when she was taken up to heaven. For the use of summer in the sense of film or threads, cf. G. Mädchensommer, Altweibersommer, fliegender Sommer, all meaning, gossamer.]

1. 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.

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

3. An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer. Gossamer spider (Zoöl.), any small or young spider which spins webs by which to sail in the air. See Ballooning spider.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins