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diaphanous
[dahy-af-uh-nuhs]
adjective
very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
delicately hazy.
diaphanous
/ daɪˈæfÉ™nÉ™s, ËŒdaɪəfəˈniËɪtɪ /
adjective
(usually of fabrics such as silk) fine and translucent
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- diaphanously adverb
- diaphanousness noun
- nondiaphanous adjective
- nondiaphanously adverb
- nondiaphanousness noun
- semidiaphanous adjective
- semidiaphanously adverb
- semidiaphanousness noun
- undiaphanous adjective
- undiaphanously adverb
- undiaphanousness noun
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- »å¾±Ëˆ²¹±è³ó²¹²Ô´Ç³Ü²õ±ô²â adverb
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of diaphanous1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of diaphanous1
Example Sentences
But this is not a blood-and-guts show business exposé — it’s a diaphanous portrait of a woman who, like Anderson herself, wafts through life like a marabou feather.
For fall, diaphanous tiers of 1970s flounce in almost angelically light hues defined the show’s aesthetic inside a brutalist warehouse space.
There was indeed something Swinton-like in the cool, diaphanous quality of the materials.
A model, a swan-like apparition, waded through a lake of blood-colored liquid, her diaphanous gown absorbing the vibrant hue and trailing a crimson path down the runway.
SEATTLE—Many insects can dart across water, relying on the liquid’s surface tension to support the weight of their tiny, diaphanous bodies.
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