nacreous
adj.
of pearl, of mother-of-pearl; shiny, iridescent
nacreous
Adjective
1. consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl
(pertainym) mother-of-pearl, nacre
2. 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"
(synonym) iridescent, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent
(similar) bright
Nacreous
(a.)
Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
nacreous
Synonyms and related words:
burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, light, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacred, nacry, opalescent, opaline, opaloid, pale, pastel, patinaed, pavonian, pavonine, pearl-like, pearlish, pearly, quiet, rainbowlike, rainbowy, sad, semigloss, simple, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, somber, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, tortoise-shell
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
nacreous
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