diaphane
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diaphane
- /ˈdaɪəfeɪn/
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Borrowed from Middle French diaphane, from Medieval Latin diaphanus (“transparent”), borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐᾰφᾰνής (dĭăphănḗs), from δῐᾰφαίνω (dĭăphaínō, “to shine; to be manifest”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, dia- + -phane.
noun diaphanes
- Something transparent. The corporal nature is deuided into bright and ſhining bodies, as earth and metalles: Eyther into Diaphane or tranſparent bodyes, as ayre and water.
- A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures.
- Essence or nature as encapsulated in a mental construct. The figure of the diaphane, "this clear crystal nature," is a person so perfect that his simple presence would do more for the world than others manage to do through their actions.
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title = {diaphane},
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