Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - diaphanous
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Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent. (LITERARY) ...a diaphanous dress of pale gold. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanes, from diaphainein to show through, from dia- + phainein to show — more at fancy Date: 1614 1. characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through ~ fabrics 2. characterized by extreme delicacy of form ; ethereal painted ~ landscapes 3. insubstantial, vague had only a ~ hope of success • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (of fabric etc.) light and delicate, and almost transparent. Derivatives diaphanously adv. Etymology: med.L diaphanus f. Gk diaphanes (as DIA-, phaino show) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1614, from M.L. diaphanus, from Gk. diaphanes, from dia- "through" + phainesthai, middle voice form (subject acting on itself) of phainein "to show." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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