diaphanousadj.

Brit.

/dʌɪˈafənəs/,

/dʌɪˈafn̩əs/, U.S.

/daɪˈæfənəs/

Forms: Also 1600s diaphaneous.

Etymology: < medieval Latin diaphanus (see diaphane adj. and n.) + -ous suffix. The form diaphaneous more closely represented the Greek: compare diaphaneity n.

Permitting the free passage of light and vision; perfectly transparent; pellucid. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. i. §7. 8 Aristotle calleth light, a quality, inherent, or cleauing to a Diaphanous body.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 505 In hell there shall be nothing diaphanous, perspicuous, cleare.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxviii. 54 To transmute Dust and Sand..to such a diaphanous pellucid dainty body as you see a Crystal-Glasse is.

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 10 The diaphaneous texture of the particles in the vitrioline solution.

1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) v. 326 The one substance is Opacous, and the other somewhat Diaphanous.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 500 The fructifications are in a diaphanous membrane.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 450/2 The crystals of the amethyst vary from diaphanous to translucent.

1868 P. M. Duncan tr. L. Figuier Insect World ii. 59 The wings are whitish, not diaphanous.

1895 The Lady 31 Jan. 133 With this was worn a diaphanous white picture hat caught up with..white ribbons.

1927 G. Murray Classical Trad. Poetry 104 Poems..which attain an indescribable and as it were diaphanous beauty by almost nothing but their rhythm.

Derivatives

diˈaphanously adv. in a diaphanous manner, transparently.

ΘΚΠ

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

clearlya1375

tralucently1597

transparently1617

translucently1643

diaphanously1683

pellucidly1754

liquidly1821

1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 91 Most Diaphanously, perspicuously, no less clearly..than the Sun-Beams upon a Wall of Crystall.

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 220 As here order'd, 'twill be diaphanously clear.

1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation i. 4 A pot-bellied shah was reclining on cushions..while a diaphanously veiled maiden knelt before him, offering a cup.

diˈaphanousness n. diaphanous quality, transparency.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Diaphaneity, Diaphanousness, the property of a diaphanous Body.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diaphanous
释义	diaphanousadj. Brit. /dʌɪˈafənəs/, /dʌɪˈafn̩əs/, U.S. /daɪˈæfənəs/ Forms: Also 1600s diaphaneous. Etymology: < medieval Latin diaphanus (see diaphane adj. and n.) + -ous suffix. The form diaphaneous more closely represented the Greek: compare diaphaneity n. Permitting the free passage of light and vision; perfectly transparent; pellucid. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. i. §7. 8 Aristotle calleth light, a quality, inherent, or cleauing to a Diaphanous body. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 505 In hell there shall be nothing diaphanous, perspicuous, cleare. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxviii. 54 To transmute Dust and Sand..to such a diaphanous pellucid dainty body as you see a Crystal-Glasse is. 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 10 The diaphaneous texture of the particles in the vitrioline solution. 1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) v. 326 The one substance is Opacous, and the other somewhat Diaphanous. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 500 The fructifications are in a diaphanous membrane. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 450/2 The crystals of the amethyst vary from diaphanous to translucent. 1868 P. M. Duncan tr. L. Figuier Insect World ii. 59 The wings are whitish, not diaphanous. 1895 The Lady 31 Jan. 133 With this was worn a diaphanous white picture hat caught up with..white ribbons. 1927 G. Murray Classical Trad. Poetry 104 Poems..which attain an indescribable and as it were diaphanous beauty by almost nothing but their rhythm. Derivatives diˈaphanously adv. in a diaphanous manner, transparently. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adverb] clearlya1375 tralucently1597 transparently1617 translucently1643 diaphanously1683 pellucidly1754 liquidly1821 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 91 Most Diaphanously, perspicuously, no less clearly..than the Sun-Beams upon a Wall of Crystall. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 220 As here order'd, 'twill be diaphanously clear. 1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation i. 4 A pot-bellied shah was reclining on cushions..while a diaphanously veiled maiden knelt before him, offering a cup. diˈaphanousness n. diaphanous quality, transparency. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Diaphaneity, Diaphanousness, the property of a diaphanous Body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1614
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