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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Iridescent \Ir`i*des"cent\ (?; 277), a. [L. iris, iridis, the
rainbow: cf F. iridescent.]
Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of
changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as iridescent glass.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
iridescent
adj 1: varying in color when seen in different lights or from
different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or
shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and
iridescent" [syn: {changeable}, {chatoyant}, {shot}]
2: having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an
iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds
looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or
opaline) luster" [syn: {nacreous}, {opalescent}, {opaline},
{pearlescent}]
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