Iridescent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     See {iridescence}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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" [syn: {changeable}, {chatoyant}, {shot}]
       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" [syn: {nacreous}, {opalescent}, {opaline},
           {pearlescent}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "iridescent":
     burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal,
     iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, light, mellow, moire,
     mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacred, nacreous, 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