Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRANS-PAR-ENT, a. [Fr. id.; L. trans and pareo, to appear.]

1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; opposed to opake.
2. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent vail. Dryden.