gossamer

adj 1: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this

smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer

shading through his playing" [syn: {ethereal}]

2: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous

veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion

down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings";

"transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: {diaphanous},

{filmy}, {gauzy}, {see-through}, {sheer}, {transparent},

{vaporous}, {cobwebby}]

n 1: an extremely fine-textured silky fabric

2: filaments from a cobweb [syn: {cobweb}]