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Nov. 11, 2014

gossamer \GOS-uh-mer\ noun 1. a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn. 2. a thread or a web of this substance. Quotes The dew rose and turned to golden mist, thin as a dream, enveloping them until they seemed gossamer relics of the late night, infinitely transient and already fading. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Offshore Pirate," Flappers and Philosophers, 1920 Origin Gossamer is thought to be a variation on the Middle English term gosesomer, or "goose summer," the first name used for late, mild autumn, a time when goose was a favorite dish. It entered English in the late 1200s.

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