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diaphanous |
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diaphanous [die-af-fan-uss] Adjective (of fabrics) fine and translucent [Greek diaphanēs transparent]
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The wide expanse that opened out before the heights on which the Russian batteries stood guarding the bridge was at times veiled by a diaphanous curtain of slanting rain, and then, suddenly spread out in the sunlight, far-distant objects could be clearly seen glittering as though freshly varnished. she said, in a deliberate sweet voice that seemed to clothe her words in a diaphanous garment of impalpable irony. This beautiful and diaphanous quality of the Rocky Mountain streams prevails for a long time after they have mingled their waters and swollen into important rivers. |
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