was wotd|2006|January|19
English

Etymology
ME. goose + summer

Noun
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1. A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc.
2. A soft, sheer fabric.
3. Anything delicate, light and flimsy.

Translations
trans-top|cobwebs floating in the air
Hungarian: t|hu|ökörnyál
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Finnish: hämähäkinseitti
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trans-top|a soft, sheer fabric
Hungarian: t|hu|fátyolszövet
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trans-top|anything delicate, light, flimsy
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ttbc|Dutch: herfstdraden n plural
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Adjective
en-adj

1. Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.

#:"The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer folds---God's robe trailing in the sea!" — Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907)

Translations
trans-top|tenuous, light, filmy or delicate
Finnish: seitinohut, henkäyksenkevyt
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fa:gossamer
io:gossamer
te:gossamer
vi:gossamer
zh:gossamer

• 2007-12-30 14:33 - Jaaari - +fi

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