Diaphanous (Dictionary.com Word of the Day)

Diaphanous: allowing light to pass through. Quote: The curtains are thin, a diaphanous membrane that can't quite contain the light outside. (Eric Liu, The Accidental Asian). Quote: This phantom wore many faces, but it always had golden hair, was enveloped in a diaphanous cloud, and floated airily before his mind's eye in a pleasing chaos of roses, peacocks, white ponies, and blue ribbons. (Louisa May Alcott, Little Women). Read the complete Dictionary.com's Word of the Day entry here. See also: The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, Little Women (Signet Classics), and The Best of Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom (7 great books in one)