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gossamered

gossamered adjective: covered with, or as if with, gossamer.

Adjective

gossamered (not comparable)

  1. Covered with, or as if with, gossamer.
    • M. Cunningham, The Green Age of Asher Witherow
      From atop the banks I could see over most of the buildings along Main Street, gossamered with dark smoke.

Origin of gossamered

From gossamer + -ed.

Questions about gossamered

What does gossamered mean?
Gossamered means covered with, or as if with, gossamer.
What part of speech is gossamered?
Gossamered is an adjective.

Words near gossamered in the dictionary

  1. gossamer spiders
  2. gossamer-thin
  3. gossamer-winged butterflies
  4. gossamer-winged butterfly
  5. gossamere
  6. gossamered
  7. gossamerlike
  8. gossamers
  9. gossamery
  10. gossampine
  11. gossampines

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