Apr 27, 2009

New posts coming....Word of the Day!

Once in a while I am going to post A WORD FOR TODAY!!

Just for fun and of course it is educational. Why not open your mind to new words once in a while!

Todays word
diaphanous

pronounced:
dy-AF-uh-nuhs

Meaning: 1. Of such fine texture as to allow light to pass through; translucent or transparent.
2. Vague; insubstantial.

Used in a sentence like this: The curtains are thin, a diaphanous membrane that can't quite contain the light outside.

or

She needed more than diaphanous hope, more than I could give her.


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