gossamerlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gossamer +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

gossamerlike (comparative more gossamerlike, superlative most gossamerlike)

  1. Resembling gossamer; light and airy.
    • 2007 January 14, Jennifer Steinhauer, “L.A.’s Top Banana . . .”, in New York Times[1]:
      The popular Jin Patisserie in Venice serves a rarefied twist on the banana-cream pie, with caramel bananas and mascarpone cream set into a gossamerlike sponge cake topped with tiny dots of dark chocolate.