Definitions for Iris

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Iris i·ris

Spelling: [ahy-ris]

IPA: /ˈaɪ rɪs/

Iris is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in Iris (iirs).

Definitions for Iris

noun

1. Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
2. Botany. any plant of the genus Iris, having showy flowers and sword-shaped leaves. Compare iris family.
3. a flower of this plant.
4. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a messenger of the gods, regarded as the goddess of the rainbow.
5. a rainbow.
6. any appearance resembling a rainbow.
7. Movies, Television. an iris-in or iris-out.
8. Optics, Photography. iris diaphragm.
9. a female given name.

verb (used without object)

1. Movies. to begin or end a take or scene with an iris-in or iris-out, achieved by manipulation of an iris diaphragm on the camera or by editing the film.

Origin of Iris

1350-1400; Middle English Latin Īris, īris Greek Îris, îris rainbow, goddess of the rainbow, halo, iris flower or root, iridescent crystal; in some senses New Latin Greek: diaphragm of eye

Examples for Iris

“Do not dare come to our country,” Venezuelan Minister of Prison Affairs iris Varela shot back.

She did not know but what he was now betrothed to iris, and she did not care.

iris (name has been changed) has become one such “status symbol.”

In ancient art iris is represented with wings and a herald's staff.

iris also appears to have been called from the verb 'to tell' (eirein), because she was a messenger.

iris Van Herpen and Delphine Manivet each have a technical mastery that falls within the luxurious customs of haute couture.

No one dared to use the rainbow but iris, to whom it had been given by Jupiter.

The same is true for iris Dart, who has adapted her book Beaches (later a popular film) for the stage.

The Black PrinceBy iris Murdoch This is my favourite novel of all time and is structurally extremely (and successfully) ambitious.

He was not a bad genealogist who said that iris (the messenger of heaven) is the child of Thaumas (wonder).