Diaphanous Definition
dī-ăfə-nəs
adjective
Vague or indistinct; airy.
Webster's New World
So fine or gauzy in texture as to be transparent or translucent.
Diaphanous cloth.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Diaphanous
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From Medieval Latin diaphanus transparent from Greek diaphanēs from diaphainein to be transparent dia- dia- phainein phan- to show bhā-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Ancient Greek διαφανής (diaphanēs).
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