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English Dictionary: iridescent by the DICT Development Group
2 results for iridescent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iridescent
adj
  1. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
    Synonym(s): changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Iridescent \Ir`i*des"cent\ (?; 277), a. [L. iris, iridis, the
      rainbow: cf. F. iridescent.]
      Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of
      changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.
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