Definitions
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- adj. Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Containing or exhibiting colors like those of the rainbow.
- Having an iris: used in composition: as, large-irised eyes.
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Examples
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When the azure blossom of the day dies in irised splendors, rosy clouds float up over the horizon's edge like wandering fairy islands drifting at will in a golden world – vanishing when the moon appears.
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Alizome did not see any communications hardware, but a moment later, the door irised open.
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When he swung left, the portal irised wide, allowing him to step from bland thoroughfare to a humming cathedral of lights and ducts and towering Heisenberg compensators.
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The door irised shut behind him, leaving another similar door—also closed for the moment—as his only protection from dying in the airless cold of space.
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Finally the hatch irised open and I dropped out into that cool silent blackness, with nothing left between me and the hum.
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The outer doors irised out of their way, and she dragged the Doctor to a clear space on the floor.
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He looked, with grave attention, for some time, and all the while the levelled eyes, wide, round, golden-irised and fierce as a hawk's, stared back unwaveringly into his.
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The door to God†™ s house irised open and he stepped through.
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Agent 13†™ s goggles irised open wide to light the area he was going to cut.
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Auto-irised/auto-focused videos can get you decent results, but not broadcast quality. bored324
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From the OED:
(a.) Having the colours of the rainbow; coloured by a rainbow.
1880 Scribner's Mag. July 347
Bathing from time to time in waftings of irised spray.
June 28, 2007