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Webster 1913 Edition


Iridescent

Irˊi-des′cent

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
iris
,
iridis
, the rainbow: cf. F.
iridescent
.]
Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic;
as,
iridescent
glass
. See
iridescence
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Iridescent

IRIDES'CENT

,
Adj.
[from iris.] Having colors like the rainbow.