Gossamer
Gossamer adjective - Resembling air in lightness.
Usage example: the gossamer veil seemed to float about the bride as she walked down the aisle
Both words in one sentence
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Howard's Conan the Barbarian story "Gods of the North" aka "The Frost-Giant's Daughter", the woman Atali wears nothing but a light veil of gossamer.
Source: Exposed to the Elements - Gossamer Axe — An Urban Fantasy with a Lesbian romance as the central theme (and the plot's driving force) and portrayed in a refreshingly positive light throughout.
Source: Queer Romance -
Fairies look very different in the Aether, going from a tiny floating humanoid to a... construction of light, limbs, and gossamer.
Source: Webcomic / Gunnerkrigg Court
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