cobwebby

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English cobweb Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cobwebby From cobweb + -y.

1. Having many cobwebs.

   “Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery.”

2. Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.

   “[…] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]”

3. Old or dated.

   “As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run of cobwebby sitcoms and dramas it has bought from established terrestrial networks.”