iridesce

Back-formation from iridescent.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

iridesce (third-person singular simple present iridesces, present participle iridescing, simple past and past participle iridesced)

1. (intransitive) To be iridescent; to exhibit iridescence.

• iridescence
• iridescently

• luminesce
• fluoresce

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “iridesce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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