| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb irideously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (irideously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective irideous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "IRIDEOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
