| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gos·sa·mer |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g s  -mr |
| NOUN: | 1. A soft sheer gauzy fabric. 2. Something delicate, light, or flimsy. 3. A fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in the air or caught on bushes or grass. | | ADJECTIVE: | Sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous. See synonyms at airy. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English gossomer : gos, goose; see goose + somer, summer (probably from the abundance of gossamer during early autumn when geese are in season); see summer1. | | OTHER FORMS: | gossa·mer·y —ADJECTIVE
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