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opaline

[ oh-puh-lin, -leen, -lahyn ]

/ ˈoʊ pə lɪn, -ˌlin, -ˌlaɪn /

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adjective

of or like opal; opalescent.

Origin of opaline

First recorded in 1775–85; opal + -ine¹

Words nearby opaline

opal, opal glass, opalesce, opalescent, opaleye, opaline, opaque, opaque context, opaque projector, opc, ope

Example sentences from the Web for opaline

From time to time she rises on her stilts, bends into a ring, seizes her opaline bundle in her mandibles, and chews it gently.

The Natural Philosophy of Love |Remy de Gourmont
Tritons with wreathed horns follow his chariot, and naiads as graceful as the waves sport in the opaline waters.

'Round the Year in Myth and Song |Florence Holbrook
Through this opaline archway she had walked with her fancies, like Saint Catherine with her lily.

The Sword of Damocles |Anna Katharine Green
Its texture is soft, smooth, and very thin; it is translucent and of an opaline, or grayish-white color.

A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene |Joseph Chrisman Hutchison

Twice more they found similar evidence of preservation in flower or leaf, wherever it was covered by the opaline water.

The Gifts of Asti |Andre Alice Norton

British Dictionary definitions for opaline

opaline

/ (ˈəʊpəˌlaɪn) /

adjective

opalescent

noun

an opaque or semiopaque whitish glass