| diaphanous Dec 30th 2012, 03:26 Adjective: quote Conrad | ← Older revision | Revision as of 03:26, 30 December 2012 | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | | | | | | | # [[transparent|Transparent]]; allowing [[light]] to pass through; capable of being [[see]]n through. | | # [[transparent|Transparent]]; allowing [[light]] to pass through; capable of being [[see]]n through. | | | + | #*'''1899''', Joseph Conrad, ''[[s:Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'', [[s:Heart of Darkness/Section I|section 1]] | | | + | #*:The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marsh was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in '''diaphanous''' folds. | | | # Of a [[fine]], almost [[transparent]] [[texture]], e.g. [[gossamer]]. | | # Of a [[fine]], almost [[transparent]] [[texture]], e.g. [[gossamer]]. | | | | | | |  |
