"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Saturday 14 March 2009

Diaphanous



Diaphanous is variously described as meaning "so thin as to transmit light; sheer; transparent or semi- transparent; or filmy and floating".

I think diaphanous is a beautiful sounding word for a beautiful concept. (The photo is from an unknown source on the web).
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3 comments:

  1. shabby girl14 March 2009 at 00:23

    Oh yeah! This one is going in my book! Where in the world do you find these treasures!

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  2. Scriptor Senex14 March 2009 at 07:36

    Mostly I come across these words while I'm reading - books or on the Internet but this one happened to be on a list of '100 most beautiful words' that I came across recently. I didn't agree with about 90% of them but this would surely be in most people's top 100.

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  3. Bryony14 March 2009 at 16:46

    I love this one - inspires the imagination doesn't it. I have added it to my little book of favourites already. Thanks. xxx

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