Irised
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of iris form-of, participle, past
- 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 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 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."
Example
More examples"Her eyes were gray-irised, and of that mould that seems to have belonged to the orbs of all the famous queens of hearts."
Etymology
From iris + -ed; as a synonym of iridescent and irisated, perhaps a calque of French irisé.
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