| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| diaphanous |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·aph·a·nous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d - f  -ns |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent: diaphanous tulle. 2. Characterized by delicacy of form. See synonyms at airy. 3. Vague or insubstantial: diaphanous dreams of glory. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Medieval Latin diaphanus, transparent, from Greek diaphan s, from diaphainein, to be transparent : dia-, dia- + phainein, phan-, to show; see bh -1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | di a·pha·nei·ty (d-f-n -t) , di·apha·nous·ness —NOUN
di·apha·nous·ly —ADVERB
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