Word of the Day:
opalescent
What It Means
Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.
Opalescent in Context
“Below me, through the opalescent surface, I saw the white ghost of the Cessna.”
Did You Know?
From opal + -escent, after opalescence or French opalescent. First attested in 1814.
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