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[ dahy-af -uh -nuh s ] SHOW IPA
/ daɪˈæf ə nəs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
delicately hazy.
Origin of diaphanous 1605–15; <Medieval Latin diaphanus <Greek diaphan(ḗs) transparent, equivalent to diaphan-, stem of diaphaínein to show through (see dia-, -phane) + -ēs adj. suffix) + -ous
OTHER 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
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Example sentences from the Web for diaphanous As the audience enters, the diaphanous curtains onstage are gently blowing in the breezes of the Amalfi coast.
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His touch is as light as the zephyr that stirs the diaphanous drapery of his trees.
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The diaphanous waves of incense rose in the air and the organ burst into sound.
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There was nothing about her diaphanous , nothing undecided, nothing floating, no mist.
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Forthwith, I began comparing lustrous gray eyes to the stars, and tracing a woman's figure in the diaphanous northern lights.
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At sunset the village smoke begins to hang low in a diaphanous cloud—a sure sign of the approaching cold weather.
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British Dictionary definitions for diaphanous adjective (usually of fabrics such as silk) fine and translucent
Derived forms of diaphanous diaphanously , adverb diaphanousness or diaphaneity (ˌdaɪəfəˈniːɪtɪ ), noun Word Origin for diaphanous C17: from Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs transparent, from diaphainein to show through, from dia- + phainein to show
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Words related to diaphanous clear, delicate, filmy, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, light, pellucid, pure, sheer, thin, translucent, transparent, chiffon