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Definition of Gauzy
1. Adjective. So thin as to transmit light. "Vaporous silks"
Similar to: Thin
Derivative terms: Cobweb, Film, Gauze, Transparency, Transparentness
Definition of Gauzy
1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze.
Definition of Gauzy
1. Adjective. having the qualities of gauze; light, thin, transparent, hazy ¹
2. Adjective. ''figuratively'' light, giving the effect of haze ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gauzy
1. resembling gauze [adj GAUZIER, GAUZIEST] : GAUZILY [adv] - See also: gauze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gauzy
Literary usage of Gauzy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sunday Magazine (1872)
"There she is, a little in shadow, all in a soft mist of gauzy white, the sunlight
just kissing her here and there, just touching the passionflowers falling ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The quality of being gauzy ; gauzy texture or appearance. ... The exquisite
nautilus floated past us, with ita gauzy sail set, looking like a thin slice out ..."
3. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... The bees that buzzed, the gnats that dreamed, The flitting, gauzy things of
June ; The plain, far-off, like misty ocean, Or, cloud-land bound, ..."
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