Nacreous
/ˈneɪ.kɹi.əs/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
"They are covered with a smooth, safe, nacreous layer to let them slip, pearllike, from our souls without real pain."
- 2 Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.
Adjective
- 1 having a play of lustrous rainbow colors wordnet
- 2 consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"They are covered with a smooth, safe, nacreous layer to let them slip, pearllike, from our souls without real pain."
Etymology
From nacre + -ous.