What does gossamery mean?
Gossamery means Like gossamer; flimsy..
Gossamery
/ˈɡɒsəməɹi/ · adjective
Meaning
Like gossamer; flimsy..
Example Sentences
The Italian poet, [Giambattista] Marino, had been reputed the greatest master of gossamery affectation in Europe.
She fluttered about him with her hair down in a thick brown braid across each shoulder, and in a gossamery, filmy, lacy “thing”—she had flung her gay-colored cloak upon a chair—that he was very much afraid was not quite a proper thing to wear before a young gentleman whom she had just met.
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- more gossamery
- most gossamery
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The Italian poet, [Giambattista] Marino, had been reputed the greatest master of gossamery affectation in Europe.
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