Associations to the word «Filmy»

Wiktionary

FILMY, adjective. Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
FILMY, adjective. Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy

Dictionary definition

FILMY, adjective. So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.