Gauzy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gauzy \Gauz"y\, a.
     Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as
     gauze.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  gauzy
       adj : so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous
             veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of
             dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk
             stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
             [syn: {diaphanous}, {filmy}, {gossamer}, {see-through},
              {sheer}, {transparent}, {vaporous}, {cobwebby}]
       [also: {gauziest}, {gauzier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "gauzy":
     airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, clear, clear as crystal,
     crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, dainty, delicate, diaphane,
     diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn,
     fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, girlish,
     gossamer, gossamery, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light,
     light-pervious, limpid, lucid, misty, nonopaque, papery, peekaboo,
     pellucid, pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, revealing, satin,
     satiny, see-through, sheer, silky, slender, slenderish, slight,
     slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, subtle, svelte,
     sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun,
     thinnish, threadlike, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded, vague,
     velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery,
     weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy