diaphanous
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prettygoodworddiaphanous - adj., of such fine texture as to be translucent or transparent; having delicacy of form; insubstantial, vague.
From Greek, dia-, though + phainein, to show -- the latter being related to phantom, something sensed but having no physical reality.
---L.
From Greek, dia-, though + phainein, to show -- the latter being related to phantom, something sensed but having no physical reality.
---L.
