diaphanous
/dy-AF-uh-nus/adjectivelight, delicate, and translucent
“Diaphanous curtains let the morning through.”
- Synonyms
- sheer, gauzy, translucent
- Antonyms
- opaque, heavy
- Memory hook
- dia (through) + phainein (show): fabric you can see through.
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