opalescent

opalescent

adjective

Definition of OPALESCENT

having a rainbowlike play of colors <once given away as a cheap prize at carnivals, this opalesecent glass is now highly prized by collectors>

Synonyms nacreous, opalescent, pearlescent

Related Words chatoyant; colorful, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, varicolored, variegated