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unreal
English
Etymology
un- +? real
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n-r?l', IPA(key): /?n??i.?l/
- Rhymes: -i??l
Adjective
unreal (comparative more unreal, superlative most unreal)
- fake; not real
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- "The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- (informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
- The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.
- I just had an unreal hamburger.
Synonyms
- (not real): See also Thesaurus:fake or Thesaurus:insubstantial
- (very impressive): See also Thesaurus:awesome
Antonyms
- (not real): real; See also Thesaurus:genuine
Translations
Anagrams
- Lauren, neural, ulnare
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gossamer
English
Etymology
From Middle English gossomer, gosesomer, gossummer (attested since around 1300, and only in reference to webs or other light things), usually thought to derive from gos (“goose”) + somer (“summer”) and to have initially referred to a period of warm weather in late autumn when geese were eaten — compare Middle Scots goesomer, goe-summer (“summery weather in late autumn; St Martin's summer”) (later connected in folk-etymology to go) — and to have been transferred to cobwebs because they were frequent then or because they were likened to goose-down. Skeat says that in Craven the webs were called summer-goose, and compares Scots and dialectal English use of summer-colt in reference to "exhalations seen rising from the ground in hot weather". Weekley notes that both the webs and the weather have fantastical names in most European languages: compare German Altweibersommer (“Indian summer; cobwebs, gossamer”, literally “old wives' summer”) and other terms listed there.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.s?.m?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???.s?.m?/
Noun
gossamer (countable and uncountable, plural gossamers)
- A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
- A soft, sheer fabric.
- Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
Derived terms
- gossamery (adjective)
- gossamer-thin (adjective)
Translations
Adjective
gossamer (comparative more gossamer, superlative most gossamer)
- Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
- 1857, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Daisy's Necklace: And What Came of It
- The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer folds—God's robe trailing in the sea!
- 1857, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Daisy's Necklace: And What Came of It
Synonyms
- gossamery
- gossamer-thin
Translations
References
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