From knitwear and lace to transparent and transparent, transparency was clearly a favorite on the catwalk. I think she deserves to be commended for using the word transparent and spelling it correctly. If a dress is so transparent that the light shines through, it is transparent. You can also call it “transparent” or “transparent”, but transparent sounds much more whimsical. These sample phrases are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “transparent”. The views expressed in the examples do not represent the views of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. Designer Ashleigh Verrier said her favorite buzzword was “transparent” — an adjective that characterizes the finesse of texture. If you`re looking for a classic example of see-through clothing, take a look at all the romantic nineteenth-century paintings of goddesses in light dresses strolling through the woods at night. These dresses are see-through, as are the translucent chiffon curtains floating in your kitchen window and the thin tutu your little sister loves to wear.

The Greek root, diaphanous, “transparent”, combines dia-, “through” and phainesthai, “to show”. The researchers identified a mutation in the DIAPH3 gene that causes the overproduction of a compound known as a transparent protein. “I never picked them up until I started seeing clear versions,” she said, referring to the see-through varieties that appeared on the spring catwalks of Jil Sander, Chloe, Marc Jacobs and Lanvin, among others. Aristotle calls light an inherent quality or clarification of a transparent body. Walter Raleigh, Geschichte der Welt. “I remember working with a classmate`s automatic machine once at that time. When I played with the idea of enjoying her little sister, a transparent nymph with a bow of black hair, and then shooting at me. “a hat with a transparent veil”; “Filmed wings of a clod”; “thin clouds of dandelions below”; “thin wafer cobwebs”; “transparent silk stockings”; “transparent muslin”; “Vaporous silks” I have no idea how many people are here, but it`s a perfect summer evening, airy and bathed in transparent light (I`ve always loved that word).

And at the top of the heights, where his own ship could never reach and where there could be no clouds, there were transparent spirits. The Greek word phainein is more evident in some of our quiz words than others, but it underlies them all. The foundation for transparency was laid when phainein (meaning “to show”) was combined with dia- (meaning “through”). From this association was born the Greek diaphanÄs, the parent of the medieval Latin diaphanus, which is the direct ancestor of our English word. “Between the two Balbec places, so different from each other, there was a break of several years in Paris, the long extent of which was littered with all the visits Albertine had made to me. During the different years of my life, I saw them occupy different positions in relation to myself, which made me feel the beauty of the spaces in between, that long period of time during which I had remained without seeing them, and in the transparent depths of which the pink figure I saw in front of me was carved with mysterious shadows and bold relief. This was also due to the superposition not only of the successive images that Albertine had been to me, but also to the great qualities of intelligence and heart, and to the equally unsuspected defects of character that Albertine had added to a germinating nature, an increase in herself, a fleshy efflorescence in dark colors. which could hardly have been said to have existed in the past. But it was hard to understand now. And if a lady is supposed to wear clothes near him, I guess those clothes should be anything but transparent! A Pierrette, made of short, transparent chiffon, the matching bleached face; a Pierrette standing slowly on her toes, arms raised and hands tied in an arc over her sparkling hair.

When he removed the insect, he found very little in the leaf and transparent eggs, just like those that were still left in the tubes of the fly`s uterus. John Ray, on creation. Mrs. Patton was also a cinematic and transparent creature – one could never have dreamed of such an exquisite black butterfly. transparent, filmic, wafer-fine, gauze-like, wafer-fine, transparent, transparent, vaporous, torrid, spider web adjective She works with a kind of construction net that, in her hands, becomes a kind of transparent chain mail that casts shadows on ancient Persian warriors, or illuminated carpet patterns that tell a contemporary story. “Either she moved quickly and bent over the mythological wheel of her bicycle, tied on rainy days in the warrior tunic of her waterproof tunic that shaped her breasts, her head dressed in turbans and snakes as she spread terror through the streets of Balbec; or in the evening, when we had drunk champagne in the woods of Chantepie, his voice provocative and changed, his face imbued with a warm pallor, reddened only at the cheekbones, and when, unable to recognize him in the darkness of the chariot, I pulled her into the moonlight to see him more clearly, the face I was now trying in vain to conquer, to be seen again in a darkness that would never end. A small statuette on the way to the island in the Woods, a calm and plump face with a coarse skin on the pianola, so that she was alternately wet by the rain and fast, provocative and transparent, motionless and smiling, an angel of music. It features two dancers, Silvina Cortés and Olga Cobos, who dive and fly over in transparent layers, and although crafted with a precision typical of Maliphant, this new material is trivial and ultimately soporific. Can you imagine transparent layers, how disgusting that would be?!?! When the audience enters, the transparent curtains on stage blow gently in the breeze of the Amalfi Coast.

“The water seemed peaceful; The sky, spotless, was a benign immensity of colorless light; the fog over the swamps of Essex was like a thin, radiant cloth hanging from the wooded elevations inland, enveloping the low banks with transparent folds. dī-af′a-nus, adj. glossy or translucent, transparent, clear – also diaphan′ic.—ns. Dī′aphane, a transparent figurative silk fabric; Diaphanom′eter, an instrument for testing air transparency; Membranoscope, a dark box for viewing transparent positive photos; Diaphan-otype, an image created by dyeing a positive on the back, lightly printed on translucent paper, and placing it exactly on a strong double print. Diaph′anousness, Diaphanē′ity. [Gr. Diaphanes – dia, through and phainein, to show, to shine.] Some of them were so transparent that they were completely invisible when immersed in water. Can you guess which of the following words comes from the same Greek root as transparent? Mrs. Patton was still grieving, a cinematic and transparent way of grieving, beautiful enough to appease the angel Azrael herself. Let in light, like porcelain; translucent or transparent; transparent; clear.

With a fine, almost transparent texture, for example thin. Extension with -ous from the medieval Latin diafanus, diaphanus, borrowed from the Greek diaphaná ̧s “transparent, manifest, visible”, adjective derived from the stem of diaphaãno “to let see through”, diaphaãnesthai “to shine, to be seen”, from diadia- + phaãno (active voice) “to highlight, provoke, appear” and phaãnesthai (medium voice) “to become visible, to come to the light, to appear” â more at the entrance Fantasy 1 I know, But it still has the first 4 characters that irresistibly remind me of layers, maybe because they`re the only two words I know that have that order, at least in English. It reminds me of the Roman goddess Diana in a flowing and thin dress. I`m not interested in this word – it reminds me of diapers. –The Captive & The Fugitive by Marcel Proust, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin, revised by D.J. Enright, p. 83 from the paperback edition of Modern Library Transparent; allow light to pass through; can be seen through.

The diaphragm is actually phonetically and legitimately the closest. Etymology: [Gr. , fr. show or show through; dia` by + point, and in passive light: cf. F. diaphanous. See Phantom and cf. Diaphanes, Diaphanic.] It reminds me of the incredibly thin stalactite curtains in some caves. It was beautiful. After pop star Shakira used it to praise a candidate. I don`t like this word, it is pretentious and flowery without having any real beauty. Music theme by Joshua Stamper 2006©New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP A.

Epiphany B. Fantasy C. Phenomenon D. Saliva licker E. Accent F. Phase That`s exactly how I feel about Bodhi, not an insult. This word seems to be rather the opposite of layers. Transparent; clear; translucent; transparent; able to transmit light.