gossamery
English
Etymology
gossamer + -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɒsəməɹi/
Adjective
gossamery (comparative more gossamery, superlative most gossamery)
- Like gossamer; flimsy.
- 1853, Thomas De Quincey, Essays on the Poets - John Keats:
- the greatest master of gossamery affectation
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gossamery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)