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filmy

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈfɪlmi/
Freq #54241

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    so thin as to transmit light

    The piece of plastic is filmy.

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Synonyms
1 adj · so thin as to transmit light sheer
More cobwebbybleardiaphanous
Word family
Forms filmierfilmiest
Derived forms filmilyfilminess

Etymology

From film + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch velmich, vilmich (“filmy, membranous”). Doublet of filmic.

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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