gossamer
/GOSS-uh-mer/adjectiveextremely light and delicate; a filmy substance
“A gossamer scarf floated behind the dancer.”
- Synonyms
- filmy, diaphanous, sheer
- Antonyms
- heavy, coarse
- Memory hook
- gossamer: spider silk on autumn air.
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