pearly white

noun

1. white and lustrous as a pearl.
2. pearly whites, Slang. teeth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pearly white¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

It crystallises in pearly white plates, which are odourless and almost tasteless.

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The external membrane is thin, smooth, and generally colourless, or of a pearly white.

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The missing colour, yellow, should not be flaunted against her carnations and azure and pearly white.

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How pearly-white her face was against her black hair under her fur toque, and how her eyes spoke!

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She was dressed to-night in a filmy vesture of opalescent or pearly white, partly diaphanous, and having a deep fringe of gold.

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