diaphanous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: diaphanous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for diaphanous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diaphanous adj so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" Synonym(s): diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diaphanous \Diaph"anous\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to show or shine through; dia` through + [?] to show, and in the passive, to shine: cf. F. diaphane. See {Phantom}, and cf. {Diaphane}, {Diaphanic}.] Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. --Landor.