iridescence

[ ir-i-des-uhns ]
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noun
  1. iridescent quality; a play of lustrous, changing colors.

Origin of iridescence

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; irid- + -escence

Other words from iridescence

  • non·ir·i·des·cence, noun

Words Nearby iridescence

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How to use iridescence in a sentence

  • Something of this iridescence may cling to unmarried lovers, in spite of themselves, but wedded bliss is a sheer offence.

    Questionable Shapes | William Dean Howells
  • Instantaneously the sun-flooded morning was born, a morning that lost its freshness, its pearly iridescence, immediately.

    Cytherea | Joseph Hergesheimer
  • All these species are very beautiful, the rapid movement of the cilia giving them a brilliant iridescence.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
  • In color it is reddish-brown, specked with gray, and has a brilliant whitish or opal-like iridescence.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
  • On the contrary, its wings had grown to an amazing span and iridescence.

    Pieces of Eight | Richard le Gallienne