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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

diaphanous
    adj 1: 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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

Thesaurus Results for Diaphanous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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