pearly

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

pearl +‎ -y

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)li

[edit] Noun

pearly (countable and uncountable; plural pearlies)

1. (uncountable, uncommon, dated, color/colour) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

   pearly colour:

   • 1830, John Burnet, A practical treatise on painting, page 3:

     In nature we as often find the light cool as warm; also in the pictures of many of the Flemish and Dutch schools, where, as Sir Joshua himself mentions, " the silver gray or pearly is predominant, and are valued by the connoisseurs in proportion as they possess this excellence of a silver tint."

   • 1884, The popular educator‎,, page 49: 

     Pearly is that silky and often coloured lustre which renders of such value

   • 1899, St. Louis medical and surgical journal‎,, page 126: 

     When (the scales are) more developed and thickened, the color (pearly) is deepened, shading

2. (countable, British, especially in plural) tooth

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

pearly (comparative pearlier, superlative pearliest)

1. (color/colour) Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

[edit] Derived terms

pearlly nautilus pearly everlasting

Pearly Gates pearly king

pearly penile papules pearly queen

[edit] See also

• chambered nautilus
• Appendix:Colours

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aelpry
• parley
• player
• replay