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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diaphanous \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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"
[syn: {filmy}, {gauzy}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {sheer},
{transparent}, {vaporous}, {cobwebby}]
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