metallescentadj.
/mɛtəˈlɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈlɛs(ə)nt/ rare.
= metallic adj. 5a.
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metalline1596
metallic1794
electric1853
metallescent1891
1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Metallescent, applied to a body of which the surface exhibits metallic colours.
1956 Systematic Zool. 5 57/1 The common greenhead (R[hytidoponera] metallica) is the most successful species—a metallescent green or purple ant adapted to a variety of habitats.
1986 A. Clark Jrnl. 26 Dec. (1993) 150 His new(ish) Rolls, painted metallescent gold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1891- as things, people, etc, go
- as this world goes
- as thou love me
- as thou turnest thine hand
- as though
- as thrang as throp's wife
- as thrang as throp's wife when she hanged herself with the dishclout
- as throng as throp's wife
- as throng as throp's wife when she hanged herself with the dishclout
- as tight as
- as tight as a drum
- as tight as a tick
- as times go
- as tite
- as tite as
- as tite as another
- as tite one thing as
- as tite one thing as another
- as titely
- as to
- as to my doom
- as to my reward
- as to or unto the regard of or to
- as to regard of
- as to the comparison of