opalescent

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Pronunciation

/oʊpəˈlɛsənt/

Definition of opalescent

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.

“Below me, through the opalescent surface, I saw the white ghost of the Cessna.”

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From opal + -escent, after opalescence or French opalescent. First attested in 1814.

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