Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being diaphanous.
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- noun The quality of being
diaphanous .
Etymologies
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diaphanous + -ness
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Examples
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Her simple statement that her employer's death had left "Nothing" and "Nobody" was prompted by no consciously ironic realization of the diaphanousness of Feather.
The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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