nacreous
adjective
1 nacreous
Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
2 nacreous
Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors:
— Nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl.
synonyms: iridescent, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent.
Roget 440: variegated etc. v.; many-colored, many-hued; divers-colored, party-colored; dichromatic, polychromatic; bicolor†, tricolor, versicolor†; of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors; ... show more
Roget 427: semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid†, semidiaphanous†, semiopacous†, semiopaque; opalescent, opaline†; pearly, milky; frosted, nacreous.
Polish: opalowy
Moby thesaurus: burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, light, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacred, nacry ... show more.
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