Thin, delicate, and translucent; resembling a film or having a thin coating or layer.
From 'film' (Old English filmen, a thin membrane) plus the adjective suffix '-y'. First appeared in English in the 17th century.
The word 'filmy' perfectly captures something science finds beautiful—like the filmy wings of dragonflies, which are so thin they can bend in ways rigid structures cannot.
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