iridescent

Meaning

  1. (not-comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
  2. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.ənt/
Etymology

Coined around 1800, from Latin iris, iridis (“rainbow”) + -escent.

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