ˌsemi-diˈaphanous, a. Now rare.
[semi- 8 a.]
Partially or imperfectly transparent.
| 1663 Boyle Exp. Hist. Colours i. iii. 22 We should not judge it Opacous, but either Translucid, or at least Semi⁓diaphanous. a 1728 Woodward Nat. Hist. Fossils (1729) i. I. 87 A yellowish semidiaphanous Crust. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entom. xxxv. III. 606 Those [tegmina] of the Manes that resemble dry leaves are only semidiaphanous. |
Hence † semi-diaphaˈneity.
| 1663 Boyle Exp. Hist. Colours i. iii. 73 The Transparency or Semi-diaphaniety of the Superficial Corpuscles of Bigger Bodies. |