IRIDESCENT
\ˌɪɹɪdˈɛsənt], \ˌɪɹɪdˈɛsənt], \ˌɪ_ɹ_ɪ_d_ˈɛ_s_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of IRIDESCENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
By Princeton University
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having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Iridescently.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Presenting a changeable metallic luster like mother of pearl or the plumage of certain birds; nacreous.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Glittering with many colors which change in different lights; possessing iridescence.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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