'Diaphanous' definitions:
Definition of 'diaphanous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]
Definition of 'Diaphanous'
From: GCIDE
- Diaphanous \Di*aph"a*nous\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'diaphanous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airy,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- boyish,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- cloudless,
- crystal,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- delicate,
- diaphane,
- diluted,
- ethereal,
- filmy,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- finespun,
- flimsy,
- frail,
- gauzy,
- girlish,
- gossamer,
- gossamery,
- gracile,
- insubstantial,
- lacy,
- light,
- light-pervious,
- lightish,
- lightsome,
- limpid,
- lucent,
- lucid,
- luculent,
- misty,
- nonopaque,
- papery,
- peekaboo,
- pellucid,
- rare,
- rarefied,
- relucent,
- revealing,
- see-through,
- serene,
- sheer,
- slender,
- slenderish,
- slight,
- slight-made,
- slim,
- slimmish,
- slinky,
- small,
- subtle,
- svelte,
- sylphlike,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- thin-bodied,
- thin-set,
- thin-spun,
- thinnish,
- threadlike,
- translucent,
- translucid,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- unclouded,
- unobscured,
- vague,
- wasp-waisted,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- weak,
- willowy,
- wiredrawn,
- wispy