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Synonyms for diaphanous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dahy-af-uh-nuh s
Phonetic Transcription : daɪˈæf ə nəs

Top 10 synonyms for diaphanous
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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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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