gauzy
pronunciation
How to pronounce gauzy in British English:
UK [ˈɡɔ:zi]
How to pronounce gauzy in American English:
US [ˈɡɔzi]
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- Adjective:
- so thin as to transmit light
Word Origin
- gauzy (adj.)
- 1796, from gauze + -y (2). Related: Gauziness.
Example
- 1. The costumes were made of thin , gauzy stuff .
- 2. Leaves and lotus flowers seem to be washed in the milk or caught in a gauzy dream .
- 3. Hurricane katrina blew away the last gauzy veil from an ugly specter of executive incompetence in american politics .
- 4. My gauzy shirt I just got the other day and I 've worn it maybe four times already .
- 5. The nurse brought him back inside to his room , cleaned him , wrapped his knee in a gauzy bandage fastened with white tape .