diaphaneity

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From the conversation which followed I was able to learn that his neighbor, blond and wan almost to diaphaneity, taciturn and sarcastic was Boulmier, a fellow student.

From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by France, Anatole

What had been leanness in her youth had become transparency in her maturity; and this diaphaneity allowed the angel to be seen.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

All sorts of adjectives qualify our thoughts which appear incompatible with consciousness, being as such a bare diaphaneity.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

It is neither young nor old, the Face: it has a vapoury indefinableness that leaves it a riddle;—its diaphaneity reveals no particular tint;—perhaps you may not even be quite sure whether it has a beard.

From Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

From the conversation which followed I was able to learn that his neighbor, blond and wan almost to diaphaneity, taciturn and sarcastic, was Boulmier, a fellow-student.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various