Friday, 8 November 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Diaphanous

di-aph-a-nous



adjective :: Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.



"This beautiful and diaphanous quality of the Rocky Mountain streams prevails for a long time after they have mingled their waters and swollen into important rivers." --Irving, Washington

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