diaphaneity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of diaphaneity
1650–60; < Greek diaphanḗ ( s ) showing through + -ity
Example Sentences
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From the conversation which followed I was able to learn that his neighbor, blond and wan almost to diaphaneity, taciturn and sarcastic, was Boulmier, a fellow-student.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
The diaphaneity of Babet contrasted with the grossness of Gueulemer.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
It is neither young nor old, the Face: it has a vapoury indefinableness that leaves it a riddle;—its diaphaneity reveals no particular tint;—perhaps you may not even be quite sure whether it has a beard.
From Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
All sorts of adjectives qualify our thoughts which appear incompatible with consciousness, being as such a bare diaphaneity.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William
What had been leanness in her youth had become transparency in her maturity; and this diaphaneity allowed the angel to be seen.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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