Iridal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pertaining to a rainbow. rare
- 2 Pertaining to the iris of the eye.
"The iridal dark-brown of her serious eyes had the enigmatic opacity of an Oriental hypnotist's look (in a magazine's back-page advertisement) and seemed to be placed higher that usual so that between its lower rim and the moist lower lid a cradle crescent of white remained when she stared straight at you."
Example
More examples"The iridal dark-brown of her serious eyes had the enigmatic opacity of an Oriental hypnotist's look (in a magazine's back-page advertisement) and seemed to be placed higher that usual so that between its lower rim and the moist lower lid a cradle crescent of white remained when she stared straight at you."
Etymology
Formed from (the stem of) Latin īris, Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) + -al.
From irid- + -al.
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