opalescent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
    nacreous; pearlescent; iridescent; opaline.
    • an iridescent oil slick
    • nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl
    • a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster

WordNet


O`pal*es"cent adjective
Definitions
  1. Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having an opaline play of colors.

Webster 1913