† diaphanityn.

Etymology: < obsolete French diaphanité (Palissy, 16th cent.) = Spanish diafanidad , Italian diafanità , < French diaphane , Italian diafano , medieval Latin diaphanus : see diaphane adj. and n. and -ity suffix.

Obsolete.

= diaphaneity n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun]

diaphanity1477

perspicuitya1500

sheerness1587

transparence1594

translucency1598

tralucency1599

transparency1615

clarity1616

pellucidity1642

diaphaneity1660

pellucidness1684

clearness1692

translucidity1694

translucidness1727

transparentness1727

translucence1755

see-through1954

1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy iii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 42 A goodly stone glittering with perspecuitie, Being of wonderfull and excellent Diaphanitie.

1583 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 9 The Stone was of his natural Diaphanitie.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 55 If it be made hot in a crusible..it will grow dim, and abate its diaphanity .

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 55 It was like a thin horn something diaphanous..which diaphanity might perchance hinder the appearance both of its cavity and angularity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	diaphanity
释义	† diaphanityn. Etymology: < obsolete French diaphanité (Palissy, 16th cent.) = Spanish diafanidad , Italian diafanità , < French diaphane , Italian diafano , medieval Latin diaphanus : see diaphane adj. and n. and -ity suffix. Obsolete. = diaphaneity n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun] diaphanity1477 perspicuitya1500 sheerness1587 transparence1594 translucency1598 tralucency1599 transparency1615 clarity1616 pellucidity1642 diaphaneity1660 pellucidness1684 clearness1692 translucidity1694 translucidness1727 transparentness1727 translucence1755 see-through1954 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy iii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 42 A goodly stone glittering with perspecuitie, Being of wonderfull and excellent Diaphanitie. 1583 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 9 The Stone was of his natural Diaphanitie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 55 If it be made hot in a crusible..it will grow dim, and abate its diaphanity . View more context for this quotation 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 55 It was like a thin horn something diaphanous..which diaphanity might perchance hinder the appearance both of its cavity and angularity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1477
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