Synonyms for opalescent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : oh-puh-les-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ pəˈlɛs ənt |
Définition of opalescent
Origin :- 1813, from opal + -escent.
- adj prismatic
- A face was there—a man with a blur of opalescent light behind him.
- Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
- The sun was rising, and the water assumed an opalescent hue.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- How could he fasten the repellor to that great, impenetrable, opalescent bulk?
- Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
- The soft, opalescent mornings are fragrant with love and pleasure.
- Extract from : « The Choice of Life » by Georgette Leblanc
- The evening daylight in the streets was large and luminous, opalescent and empty.
- Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
- The former is easily separated from its opalescent solution.
- Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross
- It is a picture beautiful as the opalescent colors of a soap bubble.
- Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
- He hauled out an opalescent vial of the diminishing element.
- Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings
- It increased in density, and was a solid, opalescent sphere.
- Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
- Across it, like a shining sword, was a narrow, opalescent beam.
- Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
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