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cobwebbed
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English
Etymology
Adjective
cobwebbed (comparative more cobwebbed, superlative most cobwebbed)
- Covered with cobwebs
- Old or outdated.
- 2000, Christopher Hitchens, No One Left to Lie to: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton, →ISBN:
- The clear winners in this cynical charade were the Clintonoid Democrats, who (as well as being hardened to switching and shifting between elitism and populism) could supply the most cobwebbed rules-monger on one hand—the aforementioned Senator Byrd—and the most sinuous arguments of the short-term general will on the other.
Synonyms
- (covered many cobwebs): cobwebby
- (old, outdated): aged, cobwebby, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old or Thesaurus:obsolete
Derived terms
Translations
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