iridescent
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ɪˈdɛs adjective
1.
displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
noun
2.
an iridescent cloth, material, or other substance: new fall dresses of imported iridescents.
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iridescent (ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| displaying a spectrum of colours that shimmer and change due to interference and scattering as the observer's position changes | |
| [C18: from | |
| iri'descence | |
| —n | |
| iri'descently | |
| —adv | |
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Iridescent
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Example sentences
Its iridescent rings are not those of a rainbow but of a different and more subtle effect called a glory.
One can't help exclaiming in awe, since the colored bone is as delicate and lacily beautiful as a dragonfly's iridescent wing.
Herds of iridescent parrotfish darted through forests of branching corals.
The iridescent breastplate of the blue bird of paradise glows among intact parrots.
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