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nacreous

[ ney-kree-uhs ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to nacre.
  2. resembling nacre; lustrous; pearly:

    a nacreous luster;

    a nacreous sky.



nacreous

/ ˈneɪkrɪəs /

adjective

  1. relating to or consisting of mother-of-pearl
  2. having the lustre of mother-of-pearl

    nacreous minerals

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • sub·nacre·ous adjective
  • un·nacre·ous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nacreous1

First recorded in 1830–40; nacre + -ous
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Example Sentences

It is seldom as much as half an inch in length, and has a nacreous interior.

It is an essentially beautiful and satisfying contribution to modern painting, this nacreous cubism of Marie Laurencin.

Two kinds of shell-substance are at once distinguishable in an oyster-shell, an outer brown, and an inner pearly or nacreous.

The interior is nacreous, and of a greenish colour, with a white patch round the columella.

Shell not nacreous, without umbilicus, with prominent spire and polished surface.

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