[responsivevoice] gossamer [/responsivevoice] [ gos-uh-mer ]
The word of the day is ‘gossamer.’
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Gauzy
2. Thin
3. Thin as to transmit light.
4. Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
1. Hindi – Patala
2. Spanish -Telaraña
3. French – Gaze
4. Mandarin – Yóusī
1. You know how they capture the creatures on which they live; by weaving webs of gossamer, is it not?
2. “Your hints are always as delicate as gossamer,” said Temple.
3. The gossamer floatings of this French danseuse possessed 258 everyone.
4. Why, it is idler than the passing wind, lighter than the down of the gossamer.
5. I have no idea what place these gossamer threads occupy in the economy of nature.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
fibrous, silky, translucent, cobweb, fine, flimsy, light, tiffany, airy, delicate, diaphanous, sheer, transparent, ultra-fine, gauzy, filmy, floaty, chiffons, cobwebby, feathery, wispy, thin, lightweight, insubstantial, papery, frail, see-through, transpicuous, translucid etc.
dark, heavy, serious, thick, coarse, hefty, dense, solid, massive, rugged, weighty, dodgy, ponderous, intense
Quotation:
From the first opening of our eyes, it is the light that attracts us. We clutch aimlessly with our baby fingers at the gossamer-motes in the sunbeam, and we die reaching out after an ineffable blending of earthly and heavenly beauty which we shall never fully comprehend.
Lucy Larcom
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