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gossamers

gossamers is the plural of gossamer.

Meaning of gossamer

Noun

gossamer (countable and uncountable, plural gossamers)

  1. A fine film made up of cobwebs, seen floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
    • A lover may bestride the gossamer / That idles in the wanton summer air, / And yet not fall; so light is vanity.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. A soft, sheer fabric.
    • Madame wiped the picture with her gossamer handkerchief and impulsively pressed a tender kiss upon the painted canvas.1894, Kate Chopin, “A Lady of Bayou St. John”, in Bayou Folk, Boston, Mass.: Houghton, Mifflin, page 306
  3. (figuratively) Anything delicate, light and flimsy.

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Questions about gossamers

What is gossamers the plural of?
Gossamers is the plural of gossamer.

Words near gossamers in the dictionary

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

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