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Diaphaneity

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di·aph·a·nous  (d-f-ns)
adj.
1. Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent: diaphanous tulle.
2. Characterized by delicacy of form. See Synonyms at airy.
3. Vague or insubstantial: diaphanous dreams of glory.
[From Medieval Latin diaphanus, transparent, from Greek diaphans, from diaphainein, to be transparent : dia-, dia- + phainein, phan-, to show; see bh-1 in Indo-European roots.]
dia·pha·nei·ty (d-f-n-t), di·apha·nous·ness n.
di·apha·nous·ly adv.
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consciousness,' when once it has evaporated to this estate of pure diaphaneity, is on the point of disappearing altogether.
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