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say it: ir-uh-DES-uhnt
iridescent is an adjective meaning "varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles". It is pronounced /ˌɪɹəˈdɛsənt/ — ir-uh-DES-uhnt. It carries 2 recorded senses.
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
“changeable taffeta”
“chatoyant (or shot) silk”
“a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent”
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for iridescent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.