- gossamery
- adjective see gossamer I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gossamery
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Gossamery — Gos sa*mer*y, a. Like gossamer; flimsy. [1913 Webster] The greatest master of gossamery affectation. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gossamery — See gossamer. * * * … Universalium
gossamery — Synonyms and related words: air built, airy, attenuate, attenuated, breakable, brittle, bubbly, capillary, cheap jack, chimerical, cirrose, cirrous, clear, clear as crystal, cloud built, cobwebby, crumbly, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline,… … Moby Thesaurus
gossamery — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: aerial, aery, airy, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer2, transparent, vaporous, vapory. See THICK … English dictionary for students
gossamery — adj. of gossamer; light and delicate; flimsy … English contemporary dictionary
gossamery — a. Light, flimsy, unsubstantial … New dictionary of synonyms
gossamery — gos·sa·mery … English syllables
gossamery — mərē adjective : like gossamer : flimsy … Useful english dictionary
Unsubstantiality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unsubstantiality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unsubstantiality unsubstantiality insubstantiality Sgm: N 1 nothingness nothingness nihility Sgm: N 1 no degree no degree no part no quantity no thing GRP: N 2 … English dictionary for students
Levity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Levity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 levity levity Sgm: N 1 lightness lightness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imponderability imponderability buoyancy volatility GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 feather feather … English dictionary for students
