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ˌsemi-diˈaphanous, a. Now rare.
[semi- 8 a.]
Partially or imperfectly transparent.
1663Boyle Exp. Hist. Colours i. iii. 22 We should not judge it Opacous, but either Translucid, or at least Semi⁓diaphanous. a1728Woodward Nat. Hist. Fossils (1729) i. I. 87 A yellowish semidiaphanous Crust. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entom. xxxv. III. 606 Those [tegmina] of the Manes that resemble dry leaves are only semidiaphanous.
Hence † semi-diaphaˈneity.
1663Boyle Exp. Hist. Colours i. iii. 73 The Transparency or Semi-diaphaniety of the Superficial Corpuscles of Bigger Bodies. |