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irisate

irisate adjective: iridescent.

Adjective

irisate (comparative more irisate, superlative most irisate)

  1. Iridescent.
    • I have never been able, any more than Sir D. Brewster and other observers, to detect the variegated or irisate colours mentioned by Newton, neither on myself nor in the numerous cases where I have applied compression.1849, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 340
    • One might travel far without ever having ever an opportunity again to see such a confusion of mists, winds, sunshine, moonlight and showers, and irisate colour effects as in Melville Dewey's confuse and effeminate pictures.1901, Sadakichi Hartmann, A History of American Art, page 56
    Synonyms:
    irisated

Synonyms of irisate

Forms of irisate

comparativemore irisate
superlativemost irisate

Origin of irisate

From iris + -ate (participial adjective-forming suffix). Compare French irisé and irisated.

Questions about irisate

What does irisate mean?
Irisate means iridescent.
What part of speech is irisate?
Irisate is an adjective.

Words near irisate in the dictionary

  1. iris shots
  2. iris-
  3. iris-skipper
  4. iris-skippers
  5. Irisan
  6. irisate
  7. irisated
  8. irisating
  9. irisation
  10. irisations
  11. iriscope

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