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noun • a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture • filaments from a web that was spun by a spider adjective satellite • characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy • so thin as to transmit light | ||||
| 64% | 6 | Fabric poetically described as “woven air” or “evening dew”, thus highlighting its delicate diaphanous ethereal fine gauzy nature | ||
noun • plain-woven cotton fabric | ||||
| 57% | 5 | Floaty and diaphanous | ||
adjective satellite • thin and weak • lacking clarity or distinctness | ||||
Word That Started As A Term For A Mild Autumn Goose Summer And Later Weaved Its Way Into Autumns Fine Floating Spider Silk Delicate Cobwebs Or Airy Diaphanous And Floaty Fabric
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GOSSAMER which was last seen in the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword.
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GOSSAMER
Updated: December 22, 2025
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