Nacre vs Nacreous - What's the difference?
nacre | nacreous |
(obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
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A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
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Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
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Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.
As a noun nacre
is (obsolete) a shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.As a adjective nacreous is
of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).nacre
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The shell-fish called a Nacre , liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish.
Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
* ----nacreous
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, chapter=11 , isbn= , publisher=Harper Collins , location= , editor= , volume= , page=323 , passage=They are covered with a smooth, safe, nacreous layer to let them slip, pearllike, from our souls without real pain. }}