diaphanous
diaphanous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- clarity
- clear
- crystal
- crystalline
- diaphaneity
- fluorescence
- glass
- glassy
- hyaline
- hyaloid
- light
- limpid
- limpidity
- lucid
- lucidity
- lymph
- medium
- pellucid
- pellucidity
- relucent
- serene
- tralucent
- translucence
- translucency
- translucent
- transmit
- transparence
- transparency
- transparent
- transpicuous
- vitreous
- vitrite
- water
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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