Adjective: diaphanous dI'a-fu-nus
- So thin as to transmit light
"a hat with a diaphanous veil";
- filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous [Brit, non-standard], cobwebby, vapoury [Brit, Cdn], vapory [US]
See also: thin
Encyclopedia: Diaphanous