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papery, a.|ˈpeɪpərɪ|
[f. paper n. + -y.]
Of the consistence of paper; resembling paper; thin or flimsy in texture. Also fig.
1627May Lucan iv. (1631) 5 So the ægyptians saile with woven boates Of papery rushes. 1648Herrick Hesper., Oberon's Feast, The hornes of paperie butterflies. 1853Seeman in Pharmac. Jrnl. XIII. 385 Texture from coriaceous to papery. 1900Daily News 12 May 6/5 China silks..look meagre and papery except when they are of the best. 1924R. Fry Let. 27 June (1972) II. 554 Ingres's Stratonice is a shock..it's so thin and papery. 1937D. Canfield Fables for Parents (1938) 55 It was..more apparent that it was a papery idea out of a book. |