http://wordie.org/words/nacreous Comments for the word 'Nacreous' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/nacreous#comments "Standing there he saw the sun go down, the sky turn <a href="/words/nacreous">nacreous</a> so that the roofs beyond the court took on the sharpness of a <a href="/words/silhouette">silhouette</a>: the <a href="/words/pallor">pallor</a> deepened to an <a href="/words/exquisite">exquisite</a> <a href="/words/violet">violet</a>; the outlines vanished, lights appeared..." --Patrick O'Brian, <i>The Surgeon's Mate</i>, 366 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:08:04 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/nacreous#comments