gossamer

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡɒ.sə.mə/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈɡɑ.sə.mɚ/

Noun

gossamer

1. A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
2. A soft, sheer fabric.
3. Anything delicate, light and flimsy.

Translations

• French: fil de la vierge, fils de la Vierge
• German: Altweiberfäden, Flugfäden
• Russian: паути́нка

Translations

• Russian: газ

Adjective

gossamer

1. Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
   • 1857, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Daisy's Necklace: And What Came of It

     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!

Synonyms

• gossamery
• gossamer-thin

Translations

• Italian: sottile, delicato
• Russian: то́нкий

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