opaline
of or like opal; opalescent.
Origin of opaline
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How to use opaline in a sentence
Viewed from the peak, the lakes sparkle like opaline gems in the sun.
Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester KeyserIts nature is like opaline dove's-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent.
Tritons with wreathed horns follow his chariot, and naiads as graceful as the waves sport in the opaline waters.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song | Florence HolbrookIt was about five in the morning, and the sky was beginning to assume those opaline tints which summoned daybreak.
The Trapper's Daughter | Gustave AimardThey were alone on the wide balcony, and the opaline hues of sunset sparkled on the blue horizon.
Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
British Dictionary definitions for opaline
/ (ˈəʊpəˌlaɪn) /
opalescent
an opaque or semiopaque whitish glass
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