cobwebbed

English

Etymology

From cobweb +‎ -ed.

Adjective

cobwebbed (comparative more cobwebbed, superlative most cobwebbed)

1. Covered with cobwebs
   • 1988 August 12, Ben Joravsky, “Can the Lawson Y be saved as an SRO hotel?”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The paint in many rooms is peeling, and in some rooms (closed for repairs) the furniture is dusty and cobwebbed.

2. Old or outdated.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• (old, outdated): aged, cobwebby, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old or Thesaurus:obsolete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

• uncobwebbed