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gossamer

noun, adjective

/ˈɡɒsəmər/

Meaning

Something light, thin, and delicate, like a fine fabric or cobweb.

The bride's veil was made of delicate gossamer fabric.

silk, filament, cobweb, fineness, delicacy

heaviness, thickness, solidity

gossamer fabric, gossamer threads, gossamer wings, gossamer veil

A person who has committed a crime; relating to crime

A drug or agent that relieves or prevents muscle spasms.

Something that is based on another source; in math, a measure of how a function changes.

An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.

the person with the highest authority or most important position; main or most important

a person walking on the street; also means dull or ordinary