iridescent
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- iridescence noun
- iridescently adverb
- noniridescent adjective
- noniridescently adverb
- uniridescent adjective
- uniridescently adverb
Etymology
Origin of iridescent
Example Sentences
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Men in long frock coats and women in iridescent shot silk raised toasts.
From Literature
I must have pulled the cap off my pen without noticing, and now my hands are an iridescent pink.
From Literature
Its body was covered in gray-green iridescent scales, and it shone.
From Literature
A big girl with hair as purple as troll-doll hair, iridescent green leggings, and three earrings in each ear comes in.
From Literature
Where her vision clears, she’s in a hall lit by candlelight and crystal chandeliers draped in pearls, dressed in an iridescent gown and jewels evocative of the decade’s New Romantic style.
From Salon
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