gossamerlike

G2O1S1S1A1M3E1R1L1I1K5E1

adjective

Resembling gossamer; light and airy.

Scrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivegossamerlike (comparative more gossamerlike, superlative most gossamerlike)

comparative more gossamerlike · superlative most gossamerlike

  1. Resembling gossamer; light and airy.

    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.

    2007 January 14, Jennifer Steinhauer, “L.A.’s Top Banana . . .”, in New York Times

Origin

From gossamer + -like.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

gossamerlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossamerlike

MLA

“gossamerlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossamerlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gossamerlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossamerlike.

Source: gossamerlike on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.