"iridesce" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: iridesces [present, singular, third-person], iridescing [participle, present], iridesced [participle, past], iridesced [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from iridescent. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|iridescent}} Back-formation from iridescent Head templates: {{en-verb}} iridesce (third-person singular simple present iridesces, present participle iridescing, simple past and past participle iridesced)
  1. (intransitive) To be iridescent; to exhibit iridescence. Tags: intransitive Related terms: iridescence, iridescently, luminesce, fluoresce Translations (iridesce): irisoida (Finnish), chatoyer (French), irisieren (German), irisera (Swedish), riisatön (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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