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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dahy-af-uh-nuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : daɪˈæf ə nəs |
Definition of diaphanous
Origin :- 1610s, from Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanes "transparent," from dia- "through" (see dia-) + phainesthai, middle voice form (subject acting on itself) of phainein "to show" (see phantasm).
- adj fine, see-through
- She was clad only in the diaphanous robes of her calling, and she was stacked.
- Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- The kind of bench which Alma-Tadema usually fills with diaphanous maidens.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- Polly glanced at her diaphanous pajamas and nodded cheerfully.
- Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
- Coridon must be visionary and diaphanous, or he is no Coridon for me.
- Extract from : « Olla Podrida » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
- The crystalline lens is voluminous, spherical, and diaphanous.
- Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier
- What was the good of looking like one of Botticelli's diaphanous angels?
- Extract from : « Marie Tarnowska » by Annie Vivanti
- The thread of blood continued to flow from the diaphanous nostril.
- Extract from : « Ancient Manners » by Pierre Louys
- She is so slender, so light, so filmy, she must be diaphanous.
- Extract from : « Adieu » by Honore de Balzac
- It is opacous, not transparent or diaphanous like Chrystall or glasse, Plut.
- Extract from : « The Discovery of a World in the Moone » by John Wilkins
- There was nothing about her diaphanous, nothing undecided, nothing floating, no mist.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
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