MEANING
Milky or softly shimmering in a way that resembles opal.
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Words that belong together
- opaline glass
- opaline light
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Opaline glass diffused the lamps into soft pools of light.
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Word forms
- Base
- opaline
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.
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