What is a gossamer?

1. What does my gossamer mean?
2. Is a gossamer a bird?
3. What is gossamer thread?
4. How do you remember the word gossamer?
5. What does not uncongenial mean?
6. What does Transpicious mean?
7. What does fidelity stand for?
8. Where does the word Elysian come from?
9. What kind of fabric is gossamer?
10. What is gossamer thread in noiseless patient spider?
11. What can spiders do with the gossamer silk?

What does my gossamer mean?

Gossamer is something super fine and delicate — like a spider web or the material of a wedding veil. The original gossamer, from which these meanings come from, is the fine, filmy substance spiders excrete to weave their webs. A dress can be gossamer-like, if its fabric is so sheer as to be see-through, or almost.

Is a gossamer a bird?

[Middle English gossomer : gos, goose; see goose + somer, summer (probably from the abundance of gossamer during early autumn when geese migrate and are often hunted ); see summer¹.]

What is gossamer thread?

A gossamer thread is a delicate strand of spider's silk. Gossamer threads can be almost invisible to the eye, but they are stronger than steel.

How do you remember the word gossamer?

GOssamer : so thin as to allow light to GO thrrough it. 0 3. Gossamer material of dosa sambhar. 0 3. GO+SAMMER(summer) - we wear clothes of light fabric.

What does not uncongenial mean?

1 : not sympathetic or compatible uncongenial roommates. 2a : not fitted : unsuitable a soil uncongenial to most crops. b : not to one's taste : disagreeable an uncongenial task.

What does Transpicious mean?

Definition of transpicuous

: clearly seen through or understood.

What does fidelity stand for?

fidelity, allegiance, fealty, loyalty, devotion, piety mean faithfulness to something to which one is bound by pledge or duty. fidelity implies strict and continuing faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty. marital fidelity allegiance suggests an adherence like that of citizens to their country.

Where does the word Elysian come from?

This word came into Latin from the Greek Elysion. In classical mythology, Elysium, or the Elysian fields, was the home of the blessed after death, the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the pure. So it's easy to see how the word came to mean any place or state of bliss or delight.

What kind of fabric is gossamer?

Gossamer fabric is a thin, sheer woven fabric. The structure of the fabric is similar to a gauze. It is usually made of silk, cotton, or wool.

What is gossamer thread in noiseless patient spider?

Gossamer is something very delicate, light, and almost invisible, such as the threads of a spider's web. The speaker is saying that his soul is like delicate threads extending out across the universe, trying to find a place where they can "catch," or hold.

What can spiders do with the gossamer silk?

Imagine the cloth you could weave with those tremulous, gossamer threads. Spiders are certainly able to make good use of it: for cocoons, nest-linings, pheromone trails, sticky capture-spirals, and lifelines, among other purposes. Some spiders can even balloon on silk, floating for miles on twirling plumes.