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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
diaphanous /dʌɪˈaf(ə)nəs/

▶adjective (of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.

– origin C17: from med. L. diaphanus, from Gk diaphanēs, from dia ‘through’ + phainein ‘to show’.

'diaphanous' also found in these Oxford entries:

cellophane - dia-

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