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Diaphanous

Diaphanous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Diaphanous? [adj] so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Diaphanous: cobwebby \| filmy \| gauzy \| gossamer \| see-through \| sheer \| thin \| transparent \| vaporous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Diaphanous: airy \| attenuate \| attenuated \| boyish \| clear \| clear as crystal \| cloudless \| crystal \| crystal-clear \| crystalline \| delicate \| diaphane \| diluted \| ethereal \| filmy \| fine \| fine-drawn \| finespun \| flimsy \| frail \| gauzy \| girlish \| gossamer \| gossamery \| gracile \| insubstantial \| lacy \| light \| lightish \| light-pervious \| lightsome \| limpid \| lucent \| lucid \| luculent \| misty \| nonopaque \| papery \| peekaboo \| pellucid \| rare \| rarefied \| relucent \| revealing \| see-through \| serene \| sheer \| slender \| slenderish \| slight \| slight-made \| slim \| slimmish \| slinky \| small \| subtle \| svelte \| sylphlike \| tenuous \| thin \| thin-bodied \| thinnish \| thin-set \| thin-spun \| threadlike \| translucent \| translucid \| transparent \| transpicuous \| unclouded \| unobscured \| vague \| wasp-waisted \| watered \| watered-down \| watery \| weak \| willowy \| wiredrawn \| wispy See Also \| Diaphanous In Webster's Dictionary \Diaph"anous\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to show or shine through; dia` through + ? to show, and in the passive, to shine: cf. F. diaphane. See {Phantom}, and cf. {Diaphane}, {Diaphanic}.] Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. --Landor.

Diaphanous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Diaphanous?

[adj] so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

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Diaphanous In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*aph"a*nous\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to show or shine
through; dia` through + ? to show, and in the passive, to
shine: cf. F. diaphane. See {Phantom}, and cf. {Diaphane},
{Diaphanic}.]
Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or
transparent; pellucid; clear.

      Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be
      fantastic and diaphanous.                --Landor.

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