#335 diaphonous

diaphonous- (usually of fabric such as silk) fine and transparent

C17 from Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanes transparent

I have no clue how many people are here, but it is a picture-perfect summer evening, breezy and bathed in diaphanous (I've always loved that word) light.

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