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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. so thin as to transmit light;
- Example: "a hat with a diaphanous veil"
- Example: "filmy wings of a moth"
- Example: "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"
- Example: "gossamer cobwebs"
- Example: "sheer silk stockings"
- Example: "transparent chiffon"
- Example: "vaporous silks"
[syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be
         fantastic and diaphanous.                --Landor.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diaphanous
    adj 1: 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:
           diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer,
           see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous,
           vapourous, cobwebby]