June 16, 2026

Opalescent

adjective

Definition

Showing many small points of shifting colour against a pale or dark ground; iridescent. The effect resembles the shimmering colours of an opal.

Example Sentence

“The opalescent sky at dusk made it impossible to name a single colour.”

Etymology

From French opalescent, from opale (opal), from Latin opalus, from Greek opallios.

Scrabble Score

O1P3A1L1E1S1C3E1N1T1

OPALESCENT scores 14 points in Scrabble.

Synonyms & Related Words

iridescent shimmering lustrous nacreous

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