About The Word Diaphanous
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Diaphanous
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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 \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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