nacreous
adjUK, US /ˈneɪ.kɹi.əs/
Etymology From nacre + -ous.
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.
- Derived terms
- nacreous cloud
- Related terms
- opalescent, opaline, pearlescent