† diaphanaladj.n.
Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
= diaphanous adj.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective]
shireOE
brightOE
through-shineOE
cleanc1040
cleara1400
transparent1413
crystalc1425
crystallinec1425
crystal-clear?a1439
pure1481
perspicuatea1500
beryl1508
through-shining1526
diaphane1561
thorough-seeable1562
pellucid1563
sheer1565
translucent1568
liquid1590
tralucent?1592
perspicuous1599
thorough light1601
diaphanic1614
diaphanous1614
perspicable1615
translucid1615
diaphanal1616
lucid1620
diaphaned1626
transpicuous1638
perlucid1647
dioptrical1760
dioptric1801
unconcealing1804
see-through1851
pellucent1886
pool-clear1924
1616 B. Jonson Entertainm. at Theobalds 30 in Wks. I Diuers Diaphanall glasses, fill'd with seuerall waters, that shew'd like..stones of orient and transparent hiewes.
a1645 W. Browne Wks. (1869) II. 276 By thy chaster fire will all Be so wrought diaphanall.
B. n.
A diaphanous or transparent body.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun] > object or medium
transparency1591
transparence1635
diaphanal1653
pellucid1669
diaphane1844
hyaloid1844
1653 J. Shirley Court Secret i. i If you find Within that great diaphanal [the Soul] an atom Look black as guilty.
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