nacreous

[ ney-kree-uh s ]

/ ˈneɪ kri əs /

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adjective

of or relating to nacre.

resembling nacre; lustrous; pearly.

Nearby words

nacho, nacods, nacogdoches, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacreous cloud, nacro, nad, nad+, nada

Origin of nacreous

First recorded in 1830–40; nacre + -ous

Related forms

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

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Examples from the Web for nacreous

He abominated the nacreous flesh tones of Titian, Correggio, or Rubens.
Egoists|James Huneker
It is oblique, with a light-olive epidermis, nacreous interior, and finely crenulated margins.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
In manufacture the original external surface of the shell has been ground and polished to a nacreous surface.
A Burial Cave in Baja California|William C. Massey
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

Her bright, voluptuous glances upward rise Into the vague and nacreous infinite.
Enamels and Cameos and other Poems|Thophile Gautier

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

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nacreous

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nacreous

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