Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gossamer
Gossamer
gossamer
n. & adj. --n. 1 a filmy substance of small spiders' webs. 2 delicate filmy material. 3 a thread of gossamer. --adj. light and flimsy as gossamer. Derivatives gossamered adj. gossamery adj. Etymology: ME gos(e)somer(e), app. f. GOOSE + SUMMER(1) (goose summer = St Martin's summer, i.e. early November when geese were eaten, gossamer being common then)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English gossomer, from gos goose + somer summer Date: 14th century a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather, something light, delicate, or insubstantial , ~y adjective II. adjective Date: circa 1807 extremely light, delicate, or tenuous ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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