iridescent
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- adjective
- /ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt/
- At his feet, the dark sand is alive with tiny iridescent insects.
- iridescent blue
- iridescent green
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Watch on YouTubeLike this liquid looks like a pearly iridescent glow kind of body wash.
- Like this liquid looks like a pearly iridescent glow kind of body wash.
- This is the incredible Cosmic blur iridescent Jelly.
- This is just an iridescent, kind of purpley, iridescent blue purple Topper.
- It's like this beautiful beige cream with what looks like iridescent pink.
- And this one gives you a really iridescent glow.
Examples
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And then I have Pearl, which is like this iridescent kind of like Pearl.
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My party garment glows poppy red, as gold and iridescent white shine underneath.
Fiction book (1993) -
But this one is Sunday and it has an iridescent shine to it.
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It's right here has like a pink gold iridescent reflect to it.
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And this one gives you a really iridescent glow.
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It's kind of like a golden pink iridescent type cream highlight there.
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Most iridescent fabrics are made like this.
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Light from the tower played on the iridescent feathers of their necks.
Fiction book (1993) -
Others looked like lizards, with iridescent scales glinting in the light.
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The peacock displayed its beautiful feathers, showing iridescent colors that shimmered in the sunlight.
Synonyms
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Fabric that looks like different colors from different angles
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Having the shape of a prism or showing bright rainbow colours
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Soft, shiny colors on a surface that look like a small rainbow
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7.9
A shiny surface like a pearl that shows rainbow colors when you move it
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9.7
A shiny, pearly surface that shows soft rainbow colors
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6.0
Having a shiny surface that shows soft changing colors like a pearl
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Having a milky rainbow shine that changes with light
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A surface with changing bright colors like a rainbow when light hits it
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Shining with a changing color or light when you look from different angles
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Showing different colours when seen from different angles
How Lustrous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Iridescent comes from the Greek root iris meaning 'rainbow' and the ending -escent which means 'becoming' or 'showing'. So something iridescent 'becomes' like a rainbow and shows changing colors as you move, like a peacock feather or a soap bubble.