The state or quality of being covered with cobwebs; the presence of cobwebs or something that resembles cobwebs.
From 'cobweb' + '-ery' (a suffix indicating a collection, condition, or practice). This rare, poetic term emerged in English literature to describe the aesthetic or literal presence of numerous cobwebs.
This delightfully obscure word appears in Victorian Gothic literature to create atmosphere—writers used 'cobwebbery' to suggest decay, mystery, and the passage of time in haunted mansions and forgotten spaces.
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