nacreous

Etymology

nacre + -ous

adj

  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. 2001, Neil Gaiman, chapter 11, in American Gods, Harper Collins, page 323
  2. Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.

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