Associations to the word «Iridescent»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
IRIDESCENT, adjective. (not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
IRIDESCENT, adjective. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.
IRIDESCENT CLOUD, noun. (meteorology) polar stratospheric cloud
IRIDESCENT SHARK, noun. A species of shark catfish, taxonomic name Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
IRIDESCENT SHARKS, noun. Plural of iridescent shark
IRIDESCENT WARE, noun. Alternative term for carnival glass
Dictionary definition
IRIDESCENT, adjective. Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent".
IRIDESCENT, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.