Story I:
A Miami man known as the city's parking meter fairy has been seen roller-skating around the trendy Coconut Grove area and wearing a pink curly wig, a lavender tutu, and diaphanous angel wings, putting change into meters about to run out.
Main Entry: di?aph?a?nous
Pronunciation: dI-'a-f&-n&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanEs, from diaphainein to show through, from dia- + phainein to show -- more at FANCY
1 : characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
2 : characterized by extreme delicacy of form : ETHEREAL <painted diaphanous landscapes>
3 : INSUBSTANTIAL, VAGUE <had only a diaphanous hope of success>
- di?aph?a?nous?ly adverb
- di?aph?a?nous?ness noun
Story II :
In Ann Arbor, Mich., a man dressed as Superman jumped out from behind some bushes and into an idling car, grabbed the man's cell phone and stomped on it.
Have a nice day.
A Miami man known as the city's parking meter fairy has been seen roller-skating around the trendy Coconut Grove area and wearing a pink curly wig, a lavender tutu, and diaphanous angel wings, putting change into meters about to run out.
Main Entry: di?aph?a?nous
Pronunciation: dI-'a-f&-n&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanEs, from diaphainein to show through, from dia- + phainein to show -- more at FANCY
1 : characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
2 : characterized by extreme delicacy of form : ETHEREAL <painted diaphanous landscapes>
3 : INSUBSTANTIAL, VAGUE <had only a diaphanous hope of success>
- di?aph?a?nous?ly adverb
- di?aph?a?nous?ness noun
Story II :
In Ann Arbor, Mich., a man dressed as Superman jumped out from behind some bushes and into an idling car, grabbed the man's cell phone and stomped on it.
Have a nice day.
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