gossamerlike en · ADJ
Etymology
From gossamer + -like.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most gossamerlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more gossamerlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |