gauzyadj.

/ˈɡɔːzi/

Etymology: < gauze n. + -y suffix¹.

Of the nature of, or resembling, gauze.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial

thin?c1225

lighta1413

superficiala1425

sleevelessc1450

frivolous1549

frothy1593

windy1593

shallow1594

airy1600

ghostlessa1603

sleazy1648

tenuious1656

wishy-washy1693

gauzy1774

lathery1803

wish-washy1814

tenuousa1817

toy1821

flimsy1827

airy-fairy1857

facile1857

feeblish1882

popcorn1973

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [adjective] > cotton or linen or silk

tiffany-tradera1630

gauzy1774

1796 C. Smith Marchmont II. 245 A gauzy mist hovered over the unruffled sea.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 178 The admiring girl surveyed His out-spread sails of green. His gauzy underwings, One closely to the grass green body furled, One ruffled in the fall.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xv. 219 One vast thistle-bed, the down of which flew in grey gauzy clouds before a soft, fitful breeze.

1888 Times 2 Jan. 7/4 Here Romney has not shrunk from the problem how to paint thin gauzy stuff.

figurative.1774 Westm. Mag. 2 453 I have seen a powdered coxcomb of this gawzy make value himself upon his success of speech.1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xvii. 267 Tales which you can only enjoy through the gauzy frippery of a French translation.18.. Forster Ess. (L.) The whole essay, however, is of a flimsy, gauzy, texture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	gauzy
释义	gauzyadj. /ˈɡɔːzi/ Etymology: < gauze n. + -y suffix¹. Of the nature of, or resembling, gauze. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial thin?c1225 lighta1413 superficiala1425 sleevelessc1450 frivolous1549 frothy1593 windy1593 shallow1594 airy1600 ghostlessa1603 sleazy1648 tenuious1656 wishy-washy1693 gauzy1774 lathery1803 wish-washy1814 tenuousa1817 toy1821 flimsy1827 airy-fairy1857 facile1857 feeblish1882 popcorn1973 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [adjective] > cotton or linen or silk tiffany-tradera1630 gauzy1774 1796 C. Smith Marchmont II. 245 A gauzy mist hovered over the unruffled sea. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 178 The admiring girl surveyed His out-spread sails of green. His gauzy underwings, One closely to the grass green body furled, One ruffled in the fall. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xv. 219 One vast thistle-bed, the down of which flew in grey gauzy clouds before a soft, fitful breeze. 1888 Times 2 Jan. 7/4 Here Romney has not shrunk from the problem how to paint thin gauzy stuff. figurative.1774 Westm. Mag. 2 453 I have seen a powdered coxcomb of this gawzy make value himself upon his success of speech.1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xvii. 267 Tales which you can only enjoy through the gauzy frippery of a French translation.18.. Forster Ess. (L.) The whole essay, however, is of a flimsy, gauzy, texture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1774
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