prismatic

• prismatick (archaic)

From French prismatique.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɪzˈmætɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ætɪk

prismatic (comparative more prismatic, superlative most prismatic)

1. Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
2. Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.

• (varied in color): motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “prismatic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Borrowed from French prismatique. Equivalent to prismă +‎ -atic.

prismatic m or n (feminine singular prismatică, masculine plural prismatici, feminine and neuter plural prismatice)

1. prismatic