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iridescent

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ir·i·des·cent  (r-dsnt)
adj.
1. Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage.
2. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance: "The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room" Carson McCullers.

iri·descent·ly adv.

iridescent
Adjective
having shimmering changing colours like a rainbow [Latin irid- iris]
iridescence n
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Adj.1.iridescent - varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
colorful, colourful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves"
2.iridescent - 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"
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

iridescent
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iridescent
adj iridescent [iriˈdesnt]
shining or glittering with the colours of the rainbow Soap bubbles are iridescent.reënboogkleurigمُتَقَزِّح، مُتَلَوِّن بألوان قوس القُزَحкойто e с цветовете на дъгатаduhově měňavýfarvestrålendeschillerndιριδίζωνiridiscentesillerdavرنگین کمان سانsateenkaaren väreissä kimaltelevairiséזוֹהֵר בְּצִבעֵי הַקֶשֶתरंग बिरंगाkoji se prelijeva u duginim bojamaszínjátszógemerlapaní regnbogalitum, litskrúðuguriridescente虹色の무지개색의vaivorykštės spalvųzaigojošs (varavīksnes krāsās)berwarna-warniiriserendi alle regnbuens fargeropalizującyiridescenteirizatрадужныйdúhovo sfarbenýmavričenkoji se prelivaregnbågsskimrandeมีสีสันเหมือนสีรุ้งgökkuşağı gibi renkler saçan, rengârenk彩虹色的райдужний, кольору райдугиست رنگاóng ánh nhiều màu
n ˌiriˈdescence
reënboogkleurigheidتَقَزُّح، تَلَوُّن بألوان قَوْس القُزَحиридесценцияduhové zbarvenífarvestrålenheddas Schillernιριδισμόςiridiscenciasillerdusرنگین کمانیkimalteluirisationזוֹהַרरगदीप्ति, बहुवर्ण घटाprelijevanje duginih bojaszínjátszáscahayalitbrigði, (regnboga)litskrúðiridescenza虹色무지개 색깔vaivorykštinis švytėjimaszaigošana (varavīksnes krāsās)warna-warnihet iriserend zijnregnbueglansopalizowanieiridescênciairizaţieрадужностьdúhové sfarbenielesketanje v mavričnih barvahprelivanjeregnbågsskimmerสีเหลือบrenkli parıltı, yanardönerlik彩虹色райдужністьقزحیتsự óng ánh nhiều màu

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It was not now the season when they hid half the heavens with their flight day after day; but they were in myriads all through the woods, where their iridescent breasts shone like a sudden untimely growth of flowers when you came upon them from the front.
He selected a costume of pea-green and pink satin and velvet, with embroidered shags on all the edges and iridescent pearls for ornaments.
It clung to me for some time, monstrous, half conviction and half hope as to its body, with an iridescent tail of dreams and with a changeable head like a plastic mask.
 
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