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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IRIDES'CENT, a. [from iris.] Having colors like the rainbow.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot]
2: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1796 having or exhibiting iridescence • iridescently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 showing rainbow-like luminous or gleaming colours. 2 changing colour with position. Derivatives: iridescence n. iridescently adv. Etymology: L IRIS + -ESCENT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Iridescent Ir`i*des"cent (?; 277), a. [L. iris, iridis, the rainbow: cf. F. iridescent.] Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is iridescent has many bright colours that seem to keep changing. (LITERARY) ...iridescent bubbles. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Rainbow-like, irisated, nacreous, pavonine.

Moby Thesaurus

burele, chatoyant, creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, iridal, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, light, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacry, opalescent, opaline, opaloid, pale, pastel, patinaed, pavonian, pavonine, pearl-like, pearlish, pearly, quiet, rainbowlike, rainbowy, sad, semigloss, simple, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, somber, subdued, subtle, sweet, tender, tortoise-shell