Iridescent
[,ɪrɪ'des(ə)nt] or [,ɪrɪ'dɛsnt]
Definition
(adj.) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; 'an iridescent oil slick'; 'nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl'; 'a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster' .
Edited by Craig--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.
Typist: Rosa
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Irisated, nacreous, pavonine.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Prismatic, opaline, polychromatous, nacreous
ANT:Achromatic, blanched, neutral, dingy, colorless, etiolated, monochromatic
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Examples
- And today was the white, snowy iridescent threshold of all possibility. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Coarse, rough, rugged, often distorted on the outside, within they are lined with smooth, softly-glowing, iridescent mother of pearl. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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