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pearly


adjective, pearl·i·er, pearl·i·est.

  1. like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous: her pearly teeth.
  2. adorned with or abounding in pearls or mother-of-pearl.

adjective pearlier or pearliest

  1. resembling a pearl, esp in lustre
  2. of the colour pearl; pale bluish-grey
  3. decorated with pearls or mother-of-pearl

noun plural pearlies (in Britain)

  1. a London costermonger who wears on ceremonial occasions a traditional dress of dark clothes covered with pearl buttons
  2. (plural) the clothes or the buttons themselves

adj.early 15c., from pearl + -y (2). Related: Pearliness. The pearly gates of Heaven (or the New Jerusalem) are attested by 1708, from Rev. 21:21.

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