nacreous

[ ney-kree-uhs ]

/ ˈneɪ kri əs /

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adjective

of or relating to nacre.

resembling nacre; lustrous; pearly: a nacreous luster;a nacreous sky.

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Origin of nacreous

First recorded in 1830–40; nacre + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM nacreous

sub·na·cre·ous, adjectiveun·na·cre·ous, adjective

Words nearby nacreous

nachos, NACODS, Nacogdoches, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacreous cloud, NACRO, nad, nada, Nadab

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How to use nacreous in a sentence

It is seldom as much as half an inch in length, and has a nacreous interior.
Beautiful Shells of New Zealand|E. G. B. Moss
It is an essentially beautiful and satisfying contribution to modern painting, this nacreous cubism of Marie Laurencin.
Adventures in the Arts|Marsden Hartley
Two kinds of shell-substance are at once distinguishable in an oyster-shell, an outer brown, and an inner pearly or nacreous.
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope|John William Griffith
The interior is nacreous, and of a greenish colour, with a white patch round the columella.
Beautiful Shells of New Zealand|E. G. B. Moss

Shell not nacreous, without umbilicus, with prominent spire and polished surface.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for nacreous

nacreous

/ (ˈneɪkrɪəs) /

adjective

relating to or consisting of mother-of-pearl

having the lustre of mother-of-pearlnacreous minerals

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nacreous

Origin of nacreous

OTHER WORDS FROM nacreous

Words nearby nacreous

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How to use nacreous in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for nacreous