† diˈaphanal, a. and n. Obs. rare.
[f. mod.L. and Romanic stem diaphan- (see diaphane) + -al1.]
A. adj. = diaphanous.
| 1607 B. Jonson Entertainment to K. & Q. at Theobalds (22 May), Divers diaphanal glasses filled with several waters, that shewed like..stones of orient and transparent hues. a 1645 W. Browne Love Poems Wks. (1869) II. 276 By thy chaster fire will all Be so wrought diaphanall. |
B. n. A diaphanous or transparent body.
| 1653 Shirley Court Secret i. i, If you find Within that great diaphanal [the Soul] an atom Look black as guilty. |