Gossamerlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling gossamer; light and airy.

    "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."

Example

More examples

"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.

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