diaphaneity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of diaphaneity
1650–60; < Greek diaphanḗ ( s ) showing through + -ity
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The diaphaneity of Babet contrasted with the grossness of Gueulemer.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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 Isabel Florence Hapgood
All sorts of adjectives qualify our thoughts which appear incompatible with consciousness, being as such a bare diaphaneity.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James
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 The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France
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
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