Gossamer (novel)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
"This smallest and most ethereal of birds"
"Gossamer shading through his playing"
(2) 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"
noun
(3) Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
(4) A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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
- Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
- "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!" — Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)