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iridescent, a.|ɪrɪˈdɛsənt|
[f. L. īrid- iris + -escent. Cf. F. iridescent (Littré).]
Displaying colours like those of the rainbow, or those reflected from soap-bubbles and the like; glittering or flashing with colours which change according to the position from which they are viewed.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 106 An iridescent or tarnished metallic appearance. 1834M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sc. xx. (1849) 191 The iridescent colours produced by heat on polished steel and copper. 1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 183 The Mackerel is a handsome fish..The sides are iridescent like mother-of-pearl, but more silvery. 1879G. Allen Colour-Sense i. 5 We do not owe to the colour-sense the existence in nature of the rainbow, the sunset, or the other effects of iridescent light. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 242 On the top of the water is a film of exquisite iridescent colours like those on a soap bubble, only darker and brighter.
b. fig. or in fig. context.
1864Realm 18 May 6 This iridescent bubble-chaos of false sentiment. 1873Blackie Self-Cult. (1874) 84 The best fictions, without a deep moral significance beneath, are only iridescent froth. 1897Mrs. J. R. Green in 19th Cent. June 966 The iridescent activities of a sympathetic and gifted intellect.
Hence iriˈdescently adv., in an iridescent manner.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 247 Bluish grey or steel grey, when tarnished Iridescently variegated blue or purplish. 1865Stirling Secr. Hegel Proleg. i. 8 To see..the whole huge universe iridescently collapse into the crystal of the Idea. |