Like Flickr, but without the photos.

transparent

(adj): transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

( more... )

(adj): vs. opaque) -- (allowing light to pass through

(adj): so thin as to transmit light

(adj): vs. thick) -- (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section

(adj): free of deceit

(adj): vs. crooked), square -- (characterized by honesty and fairness

(adj): easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

(adj): vs. unobvious) -- (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

[add tags/pos | image search | comment feed ]

Leave a comment, citation, or usage note

5 months ago knitandpurl said:

"The cold spiced beef with carrots made its appearance, couched by the Michelangelo of our kitchen upon enormous crystals of aspic, like transparent blocks of quartz."
-- Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin, Revised by D.J. Enright, p 39 of the Modern Library paperback edition

7 months ago gangerh said:

(fd) seeing your Dad move in with another woman.
(Thanks Graham Burgess)

about 1 year ago slumry said:

user transparent

Register or login to leave a comment.

first listed by:

brtom (2493 words)

appears in these lists:

whitmanian, by brtom

chefjulianin's Words, by chefjulianin

reginaterra's Words, by reginaterra

mandarine's Words, by mandarine

Words That Populate My Mind, by Ecrivaine33

Roizen's Words, by Roizen

oneasterism's words, by oneasterism

Beautiful Words, by alguien

New words, not to be confused with those old words of yesterday, by slumry

Jacqueline's Words, by Jacqueline

fractured definitions, by gangerh

I am : bright, by vega

Proustian, by knitandpurl

Login:	Your login identifies you publicly, and can't contain spaces or punctuation.
Email:
Password:	Password must be at least 5 characters long.
Password again: