iridescent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

   An iridescent oil slick.

2. 2
   adj

   Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

   Iridescent appearance.

3. 3
   adj

   Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

   Iridescent sheen.

4. 4
   adj

   varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

Coined around 1800, from Latin iris, iridis (“rainbow”) + -escent.

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