Definizione monolingua

pearly

pearly (countable and uncountable; plural pearlies)

1. (uncountable, rare, dated) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

   pearly colour:

   • 1830, John Burnet, A practical treatise on painting, page 3:

     In nature we as often find the light cool as warm; also in the pictures of many of the Flemish and Dutch schools, where, as Sir Joshua himself mentions, "" the silver gray or pearly is predominant, and are valued by the connoisseurs in proportion as they possess this excellence of a silver tint.""

   • 1884, The popular educator?, page 49:?

     Pearly is that silky and often coloured lustre which renders of such value

   • 1899, St. Louis medical and surgical journal?, page 126:?

     When (the scales are) more developed and thickened, the color (pearly) is deepened, shading

2. (countable, UK, especially in plural) tooth

pearly (comparative pearlier, superlative pearliest)

1. Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

Definizione dizionario pearly

perlaceo

perlato

Altri significati:

Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

(countable, UK, especially in plural) tooth

pearly colour:

(uncountable, uncommon, dated) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.