Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gossamerlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gos-samer-like
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling gossamer; light and airy.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From gossamer + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gossamer

Inflected Forms

more gossamerlike (comparative) most gossamerlike (superlative)

Questions

What does gossamerlike mean?: Resembling gossamer; light and airy.
Where does gossamerlike come from?: From gossamer + -like.

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