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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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