Covered with cobwebs or resembling cobwebs in appearance or texture; dusty and neglected.
From 'cobweb' plus adjective-forming suffix '-y', which means 'full of' or 'resembling'. This pattern (hair → hairy, dust → dusty) is one of English's most productive word-building methods.
Victorian literature loved this word—authors used 'cobwebby' to describe neglected mansions and forgotten memories, making it a perfect metaphor for decay and abandoned history that still haunts the present!
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