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Meaning of OPALINE

Pronunciation:  'owpulin

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
 
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 Synonyms: bright, iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, pearlescent
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \O"pal*ine\, n.
1. An opaline variety of yellow chalcedony.
2. Opal glass.
3. An opaline color or expanse.

  2. \O"pal*ine\, a. [Cf. F. opalin.]
Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having
changeable colors like those of the opal.
 

 

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