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rainbow
English
Etymology
From Middle English reinbowe, reinbo?e, from Old English re?nboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain +? bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??e?nbo?/, /??e?mbo?/; enPR: r?n'b?, r?m'b?
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??e?nb??/
Noun
rainbow (plural rainbows)
- A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- a rainbow of possibilities
- (figuratively) An illusion, mirage.
- Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.
- (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
- (poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
- Rainbow trout.
- 1911, Francis R. Steel, Catching the Rainbow Trout, in The Outing Magazine, volume 58, page 482:
- Finally, by actual trial, I have found that I can catch more rainbow by using one fly than with a two or three-fly cast.
- 1911, Francis R. Steel, Catching the Rainbow Trout, in The Outing Magazine, volume 58, page 482:
Synonyms
- (prismatic reflection): spectrum
Hyponyms
- lunar rainbow
- marine rainbow
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: alenbo
Translations
Adjective
rainbow (not comparable)
- Multicolored.
- (attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
- 1994, John Simon, Of Dogs, Their Masters, and Others, in New York magazine, September 5 1994, page 51:
- That Asian-American actor Thomas Ikeda contributes a pleasingly frantic Panthino would not be considered rainbow enough.
- 2006, Anthony Summers, Robbyn Swan, Sinatra: The Life, page 246:
- He went along with them because the Pack was a rainbow group — two Italian-Americans, a black man, a Jew (Bishop), and a sometime Englishman (Lawford) — and they were making a point.
- 2007, Melissa Haussman, Birgit Sauer, Gendering the state in the age of globalization, page 67:
- The 1999 June elections led to a surprise change in the governing coalition from the long-term ruling Christian Democrats to a rainbow group of Greens, Liberals, and Socialists.
- 2007, Hooson, in a Letter to the Western Mail, 19 June 2007, published in Crossing the Rubicon: coalition politics Welsh style by John Osmond, page 28:
- […] it seemed to me to be naive indeed for the Liberal Democrats to believe that they could simply enter into a rainbow alliance against the Labour Government.
- 1994, John Simon, Of Dogs, Their Masters, and Others, in New York magazine, September 5 1994, page 51:
- (attributive) LGBT.
- (poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
Usage notes
- In the United States, 'rainbow' groups/families/alliances/coalitions were originally those made up of several races or ethnicities. The term is now used more broadly, to refer (in the 2007 quotation, for example) to an alliance of several political parties. Separately, use of a rainbow flag as an LGBT symbol has led to the term being used to refer to LGBT groups (initiatives, etc).
Synonyms
- (multicolored): motley, multihued, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored
- (made up of several races or ethnicities): multiethnic, multiracial, rainbowed
- (made up of several factions): multipartisan
Translations
Verb
rainbow (third-person singular simple present rainbows, present participle rainbowing, simple past and past participle rainbowed)
- (transitive) To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
- (intransitive) To take the appearance of a rainbow.
Translations
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
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nacreous
English
Etymology
nacre +? -ous
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?ne?.k?i.?s/
Adjective
nacreous (comparative more nacreous, superlative most nacreous)
- Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
- Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.
See also
- opalescent, opaline, pearlescent
Anagrams
- Crusoean, carneous
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