prismatic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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adjective of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism
adjective exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism

From French prismatique.

And, by the way, why in Heaven’s name “a prismatic compass”? — The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers
I want you to plunge into the gay, prismatic life of New York. — My man Jeeves, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its fairy colors spreads on every place. — McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey

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