diaphanous
adjective/daɪˈæfənəs/
/daɪˈæfənəs/
(formal)- (of cloth) so light and fine that you can almost see through itWord Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs, from dia ‘through’ + phainein ‘to show’.
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