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pearlescent

[ per-les-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous:

    healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pearlescent1

1945–50; pearl + -escent, on the model of iridescent, opalescent, etc.

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