diaphanous
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diaphanous
- /daɪˈæf.ən.əs/
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From Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Ancient Greek διαφανής (diaphanḗs), from δια- (dia-, “through”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine, appear”).
adjective more diaphanous · most diaphanous
- Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through. The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marsh was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds.
- Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial. 1951, Robert Frost, Unpublished preface to a collection, 2007, Mark Richardson (editor), The Collected Prose of Robert Frost, page 169, The most diaphanous wings carry a burden of pollen from flower to flower.
- Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index.
