pearly
/ˈpəːli
/adjective (pearlier, pearliest)
1Resembling a pearl in lustre or colour: nice pearly teeth...
- Hector shut his eyes, to see his inner world, a blaze of swirling pearly colours.
- Chris's green eyes glittered, and a smile played across his pearly teeth as he ran his hands ran through his short black hair.
- She has taken the last few days off, however, because she has just had her teeth bleached pearly white.
1.1Made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.In his own defence, he discloses that, though he is a Londoner to his pearly suit, he is nevertheless one-eighth Scottish on his mother's side, which doesn't even qualify him for a clan tartan.
noun (plural pearlies) (pearlies)
1British Pearly kings and queens: her mum and dad had been pearlies
1.1A pearly king’s or queen’s clothes or pearl buttons: Joe gleaming and sparkling in his pearlies
2 (also pearly whites) informal A person’s teeth.Then, fully conscious, I could feel the dentist working away at my pearlies and finally pulling them out....
- His teeth were rows of perfectly set pearly whites, and he had a dimple in his left cheek.
- Ironically, excessive bleaching can turn pearly whites into an unnatural translucent blue.
Derivatives
pearliness
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