pearlescent

American  

[per-les-uhnt] / pərˈlɛs ənt /

adjective

1. having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous.

   healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.

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Etymology

Origin of pearlescent

1945–50; pearl + -escent, on the model of iridescent, opalescent, etc.

Example Sentences

Growing up in the suburbs of Maryland, I looked forward to summers because it was the only time my family’s refrigerator would be stocked with bowls of pearlescent lychees.

From Salon

And, as she descended a grand pearlescent staircase, she suddenly disappeared through a trap door.

From BBC

It persisted because of the family’s willingness to accept thorns to grow roses — or in this case, to grow rice, lightly sweet with a pearlescent sheen and a supple chewy texture.

From Los Angeles Times

As dawn breaks and dusk settles, the play of light and shadow turns the river green or gunmetal gray, lustrously pearlescent or mottled brown.

From Los Angeles Times

By contrast, Harden’s tiny “melancholia #21” is a dark, thickly painted image of a delicate bird set against atmospheric bands of mottled black, silvery gray and pearlescent purple.

From Los Angeles Times