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pearlescent
[ per-les-uhnt ]
adjective
- having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous:
healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
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Origin of pearlescent1
Example Sentences
And, as she descended a grand pearlescent staircase, she suddenly disappeared through a trap door.
It persisted because of the family’s willingness to accept thorns to grow roses — or in this case, to grow rice, lightly sweet with a pearlescent sheen and a supple chewy texture.
As dawn breaks and dusk settles, the play of light and shadow turns the river green or gunmetal gray, lustrously pearlescent or mottled brown.
By contrast, Harden’s tiny “melancholia #21” is a dark, thickly painted image of a delicate bird set against atmospheric bands of mottled black, silvery gray and pearlescent purple.
"We've spotted one shade, in particular, taking off. Oyster grey is the fresh, breezy, pearlescent colour trend that's cropping up all over Instagram," the article says.
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