iridescent
adjective
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Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow, took messages from Mount Olympus to earth, and from gods to mortals or other gods, using the rainbow as her stairway. Iridescence is thus the glowing, shifting, colorful quality of a rainbow, also seen in an opal, a light oil slick, a butterfly wing, or the mother-of-pearl that lines an oyster shell.
Examples of iridescent in a Sentence
Alina Hartounian, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
Fox's recent take on the trend, for example, was an iridescent icy blue.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2024
Anna's hummingbird: This is a medium-sized hummingbird with iridescent green feathers on its back and head.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Each iridescent shade has a creamy, velvety feel that glides onto the skin like butter.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Apr. 2024
There is something for everyone though, as The Giselle Collection also has a Pink Collection in everything from beaded martini to goblet glasses, as well as the traditional clear glassware, and the always popular iridescent style.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 9 Apr. 2024
The detective comes looking for her, staggering desperately among the sharp black rocks on the sand, searching as the tide eddies and rushes, iridescent and churning, the light slowly vanishing from the pastel gradient of the sky.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
In this case, intergalactic cooperation looks like trapping a grumpy Godzilla in an iridescent bubble and launching him across the solar system to the mysterious Planet X, whose existence is exposed at the beginning of the film.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
His imaginary world is filled with odd creatures like witches, scary penguins and iridescent polar bears, where objects suddenly melt, a face might get replaced by a giant rose, or a horrific hand grabs your heel from underground.
—Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Iridescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iridescent. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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