cobwebby

cob·web

C0440100 (kŏb′wĕb′)n.1. a. A spiderweb, especially an old one that is covered in dust.b. A single thread spun by a spider.2. Something resembling a spiderweb in gauziness or flimsiness: "An extraordinary number of elegant ladies ... flowed in, heels clicking, diamonds flashing, adjusting tiny cobwebs of priceless lace on immaculate coiffures" (Jane Stevenson).3. An intricate plot; a snare: caught in a cobweb of espionage and intrigue.4. cobwebs Confusion; disorder: cobwebs on the brain.tr.v. cob·webbed, cob·web·bing, cob·webs To cover with or as if with cobwebs.

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[Middle English coppeweb : coppe, spider (short for attercoppe, from Old English āttercoppe : ātor, poison + copp, head) + web, web; see web.]

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cob′web′by adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cobwebby - 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"diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, vaporous, vapourous, gossamer, transparent, sheerthin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
	2.	cobwebby - covered with cobwebsdirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"