cobwebby
adjective
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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.
- Having many cobwebs.
“Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery.”
- Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
“[…] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]”
- 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.”