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gauzy, a.|ˈgɔːzɪ| [f. gauze n. + -y1.] Of the nature of, or resembling, gauze.
1796C. Smith Marchmont II. 245 A gauzy mist hovered over the unruffled sea. 1801Southey Thalaba iii. xxxiii, His out-spread sails of green; His gauzy underwings. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xxxvi, One vast thistle-bed, the down of which flew in grey, gauzy clouds before a soft, fitful breeze. 1888Times 2 Jan. 7/4 Here Romney has not shrunk from the problem how to paint thin gauzy stuff. fig.1774Westm. Mag. II. 453, I have seen a powdered coxcomb of this gawzy make value himself upon his success of speech. 1815Scott Guy M. xvii, 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. |