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nacreous

[ ney-kree-uh s ]

/ ˈneɪ kri əs /

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adjective

of or relating to nacre.

resembling nacre; lustrous; pearly.

Origin of nacreous

First recorded in 1830–40; nacre + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM nacreous

sub·na·cre·ous, adjective un·na·cre·ous, adjective

Words nearby nacreous

nacho, nacods, nacogdoches, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacreous cloud, nacro, nad, nad+, nada

Example sentences from the Web for nacreous

He abominated the nacreous flesh tones of Titian, Correggio, or Rubens.

Egoists |James Huneker
It is oblique, with a light-olive epidermis, nacreous interior, and finely crenulated margins.

The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold
In manufacture the original external surface of the shell has been ground and polished to a nacreous surface.

A Burial Cave in Baja California |William C. Massey
Two kinds of shell-substance are at once distinguishable in an oyster-shell, an outer brown, and an inner pearly or nacreous.

An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope |John William Griffith

Her bright, voluptuous glances upward rise Into the vague and nacreous infinite.

Enamels and Cameos and other Poems |Thophile Gautier

British Dictionary definitions for nacreous

nacreous

/ (ˈneɪkrɪəs) /

adjective

relating to or consisting of mother-of-pearl

having the lustre of mother-of-pearl nacreous minerals

Medical definitions for nacreous

nacreous

[ nā′krē-əs ]

adj.

Resembling mother-of-pearl; lustrous.