opaline Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


O"pal*ine adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. opalin.
Definitions
  1. Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having changeable colors like those of the opal.

Webster 1913