DictionaryRoot: -escent
English
-escent
becoming or showing a quality
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adjective
iridescent
ir-ih-DESS-unt/ˌɪrɪˈdesnt/
Showing rainbowlike colors that shift as the light or viewing angle changes.
Etymology
From Latin iris, “rainbow,” iridescent literally means “rainbow-colored”: it describes a surface whose colors seem to shift with light or viewpoint. The rainbow word’s deeper origin is uncertain.