Resembling nacre (mother-of-pearl); having a pearly luster or iridescent sheen.
From French 'nacre' (mother-of-pearl), from Arabic 'naqqÄrah' (drum/shell), possibly because mother-of-pearl shells were used as small drums. The iridescent lining of seashells.
The shimmery rainbow inside a seashell! Mother-of-pearl has been treasured for thousands of years, and the word traveled from Arabic drums to French shells to your vocabulary! Nacreous clouds in the sky look like someone spilled pearls in the atmosphere! ðŸš
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