Both Uses of
iridescent
in
The Old Man and the Sea
- But the bird was almost out of sight now and nothing showed on the surface of the water but some patches of yellow, sun-bleached Sargasso weed and the purple, formalized, iridescent, gelatinous bladder of a Portuguese man-of-war floating close beside the boat.†
p. 35.7
- The iridescent bubbles were beautiful.†
p. 36.4 *
Definition:
bright colors that shimmer or vary with movement