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2 definitions found 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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