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Diaphanous

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Adjective

1. cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous

so thin as to transmit light

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Diaphanous

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adjective
(usually of fabrics such as silk) fine and translucent

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Diaphanous

see synonyms of diaphanous
adjective
1. 
so fine or gauzy in texture as to be transparent or translucent
diaphanous cloth
2. 
vague or indistinct; airy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Diaphanous

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adj.
1. Sufficiently thin or airy as to be translucent: a diaphanous gown; diaphanous gauze.
2. Of such fine composition as to be easily damaged or broken; delicate: diaphanous butterfly wings.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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