diaphanous
very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
delicately hazy.
Origin of diaphanous
1Other words from diaphanous
- di·aph·a·nous·ly, adverb
- di·aph·a·nous·ness, noun
- non·di·aph·a·nous, adjective
- non·di·aph·a·nous·ly, adverb
- non·di·aph·a·nous·ness, noun
- sem·i·di·aph·a·nous, adjective
- sem·i·di·aph·a·nous·ly, adverb
- sem·i·di·aph·a·nous·ness, noun
- un·di·aph·a·nous, adjective
- un·di·aph·a·nous·ly, adverb
- un·di·aph·a·nous·ness, noun
Words Nearby diaphanous
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How to use diaphanous in a sentence
As the audience enters, the diaphanous curtains onstage are gently blowing in the breezes of the Amalfi coast.
From mesh and lace to the sheer and diaphanous, transparency was a clear favorite on the runways.
Some of the latter were so diaphanous as to be perfectly invisible when immersed in the water.
And far up in the heights, where his own ship could never reach and where no clouds could be, were diaphanous wraiths.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousA filmy and diaphanous creature was Mrs. Patton also—one could never have dreamed of so exquisite a black butterfly.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
Mrs. Patton was still in mourning, a filmy and diaphanous kind of mourning, beautiful enough to placate the angel Azrael himself.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairAnd if any lady is to wear garments in his vicinity, I assume that those garments are to be anything except diaphanous!
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for diaphanous
/ (daɪˈæfənəs) /
(usually of fabrics such as silk) fine and translucent
Origin of diaphanous
1Derived forms of diaphanous
- diaphanously, adverb
- diaphanousness or diaphaneity (ˌdaɪəfəˈniːɪtɪ), noun
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