Cobwebbed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered with cobwebs

    "The paint in many rooms is peeling, and in some rooms (closed for repairs) the furniture is dusty and cobwebbed."

  2. 2
    Old or outdated.

    "The clear winners in this cynical charade were the Clintonoid Democrats, who (as well as being hardened to switching and shifting between elitism and populism) could supply the most cobwebbed rules-monger on one hand—the aforementioned Senator Byrd—and the most sinuous arguments of the short-term general will on the other."

Synonyms

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antediluviancobwebbyagedantediluvialbackwarddefunct

Example

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"The paint in many rooms is peeling, and in some rooms (closed for repairs) the furniture is dusty and cobwebbed."

Etymology

From cobweb + -ed.

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