pearlescent

[per-les-uhnt]

pearl·es·cent

[per-les-uhnt]
adjective
having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.

Origin:
1945–50; pearl1 + -escent, on the model of iridescent, opalescent, etc.
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pearlescent

adjective
having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: iridescent
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