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Irised

//ˈaɪ.ɹɪst// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having irises of a specified colour or kind. not-comparable

    "Her eyes were gray-irised, and of that mould that seems to have belonged to the orbs of all the famous queens of hearts."

  2. 2
    Shining with colours like those of the rainbow. dated, literary, not-comparable

    "two parhelia, irised and very bright; but their centres were nearly of the same color, as the true sun"

  3. 3
    Exhibiting the prismatic colours. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Heat decomposes this ammoniacal sulphure: in a certain space of time, a great many small irised needles, a line or two in length, are formed in it: they appear to be concrete ammoniacal sulphure in crystals."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of iris form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From iris + -ed; as a synonym of iridescent and irisated, perhaps a calque of French irisé.

Etymology 2

From iris + -ed; as a synonym of iridescent and irisated, perhaps a calque of French irisé.

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