nacreous
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
nacreous (comparative more nacreous, superlative most nacreous)
- Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
- 2001, Neil Gaiman, chapter 11, in American gods[1], Harper Collins, page 323:
- They are covered with a smooth, safe, nacreous layer to let them slip, pearllike, from our souls without real pain.
- Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.