diaphanous
11diaphanous — [17] Semantically, diaphanous is the ancestor of modern English see through. It comes, via medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanés, a compound adjective formed from dia ‘through’ and the verb phaínein ‘show’. Originally in English it meant …
12diaphanous — di|aph|a|nous [daıˈæfənəs] adj literary [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: diaphanus, from Greek diaphainein to show through ] diaphanous cloth is so thin that you can almost see through it …
13diaphanous — adjective diaphanous cloth is so fine and thin that you can almost see through it …
14diaphanous — adjective a diaphanous dress Syn: sheer, fine, delicate, light, thin, insubstantial, floaty, flimsy, filmy, silken, chiffony, gossamer, gossamer thin, gauzy; translucent, transparent, see through Ant …
15diaphanous boxfish — spaigliuotoji dėžiažuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Lactoria diaphana angl. diaphanous boxfish; many spined cowfish; spiny boxfish rus. многошипый рогатый кузовок ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… …
16diaphanous hatchetfish — skaidrusis jūrų kirvukas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Sternoptyx diaphana angl. diaphanous hatchetfish; disky hatchetfish; dollar hatchetfish; long spined hatchetfish; transparent hatchetfish rus.… …
17diaphanous — thin and translucent; semi transparent …
18diaphanous — adj. [Gr. dia, through; phanos, light] Showing light through its substance; transparent; translucent; clear …
19diaphanous — diaphanously, adv. diaphanousness, n. /duy af euh neuhs/, adj. 1. very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent. 2. delicately hazy. [1605 15; < ML diaphanus < Gk diaphan(és) transparent (equiv. to diaphan , s. of diaphaínein …
20diaphanous — adjective /daɪˈæf.ən.əs/ a) Transparent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through. b) Of a fine, almost transparent texture, as eg. gossamer. Syn: translucent …
