cobwebby en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English cobweb Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cobwebby From cobweb + -y.
Meanings
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Having many cobwebs.
Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery.
1944, Emily Carr, “Attic Eagles”, in The House of All Sorts:
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Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
[…] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]
1980, Carl Sagan, chapter VI, in Cosmos, Random House, published 2002:
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(figuratively) Old or dated.
As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run of cobwebby sitcoms and dramas it has bought from established terrestrial networks.
2014 August 22, Private Eye, number 1373, page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cobwebbiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| cobwebbier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
cobwebbed · hoary · cobwebbed (having many cobwebs) · obsolete · spider-webby (resembling a cobweb) · aged (old)