Definition of Pearliest

1. Adjective. (superlative of pearly) ¹

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Definition of Pearliest

1. pearly [adj] - See also: pearly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearliest

pearlash
pearlashes
pearled
pearler
pearlers
pearlescence
pearlescences
pearlescent
pearlesque
pearless
pearlfish
pearlfishes
pearlier
pearlies
pearliest (current term)
pearlike
pearlin
pearling
pearlings
pearlins
pearlised
pearlite
pearlites
pearlitic
pearlized
pearls
pearls of wisdom
pearlstone
pearlware

Literary usage of Pearliest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1915)
"Late in the month, when in some warm place are floating in the sunlight, the phoebe. pearliest of flycatchers, will be there to devour ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"... their cheeks aglow with the healthy flush of the rouge-pot, and their skins fair with the sheen of delicate bismuth, and soft with the pearliest powder. ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"I come, I come, But first I must seek our crystal hall— There to deposit the gems of dew Cull'd from the rose of pearliest hue ; At thy gentle call ..."

4. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"In the morning, the ocean, being shallow, lay in its pearliest green. Looking with the sunbeams now. and no longer against them, one could see several miles ..."

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