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