Definitions for iridescent

iridescent ir·i·des·cent

Spelling: [ir-i-des-uh nt]
IPA: /ˌɪr ɪˈdɛs ənt/

Iridescent is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 657 anagrams from letters in iridescent (cdeeiinrst).

Definitions for iridescent

noun

  1. an iridescent cloth, material, or other substance:

adjective

  1. displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.

Origin of iridescent

First recorded in 1790-1800; irid- + -escent

Examples for iridescent

Have you noticed the iridescent sparkle when the wind ripples the blades?

iridescent colors came in combinations of deep reds, purples, golds, and greens.

New York in the 1920s was iridescent, and its boom was spontaneous.

It was as beautiful and iridescent as the Staubbach, and as impalpable.

He wears contact lenses that turn his eyes an iridescent blue.

She no longer saw it through the iridescent haze of excited fancy.

Or on an iridescent gold and green suit detailed with iridescent green mirco-paillettes.

Celerity, valor, endurance, they were his iridescent neck and tail feathers.

But the starving out business I have always said was an "iridescent" dream.

It was paired with a sweater designed like an exaggerated version of a V-neck made in an iridescent knit.

Word Value for iridescent
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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