iridal
/ˈʌɪɹɪdəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a rainbow.
adj
Pertaining to the iris of the eye.
Example Sentences
- "The iridal dark-brown of her serious eyes had the enigmatic opacity of an Oriental hypnotist's look (in a magazine's back-page advertisement) and seemed to be placed higher that usual so that between its lower rim and the moist lower lid a cradle crescent of white remained when she stared straight at you."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈʌɪɹɪdəl/
Inflected Forms
more iridal (comparative)
most iridal (superlative)