Search: nacreous
Why: In Breakfast of Champions, p. 225:
Trout now crossed Sugar Creek on my father's legs and feet, and those appendages became more nacreous with every wading stride.Answer: Iridescent; pearly
Source: Merriam-Webster
The More You Know: "Nacre" is another word for mother of pearl, which grows inside the shells of mollusks.
Nacreous is one of my favorite. That and necrotic.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite WORDS, I mean.
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