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posted : Wednesday, March 3, 2010
title : ironic. irony. steelic. steely.
pearl, adj. [see pearl, n.] (webplay: softly).

Transparent; white; celestial; adorned with pearls; [fig.] deceased; immortal.

pearl (-s), n. [ME < Fr. perle.] (webplay: adorn, continent, dew, divers, drop, roundish, seas, shell, shores, silvery, smooth, softer, water, white, yields).

Valuable white gem; precious iridescent bead; highly treasured jewel extracted by divers from oysters in the depths of the sea.
Jewel used to adorn the dead.
Mysterious gem formed imperceptibly beneath the ocean; object hidden from the view and knowledge of mankind.
Lustrous white decorative matter; celestial material of heavenly whiteness [as that which adorns the “pearly gates” of heaven.]
Wedding ring; [fig.] honorable name; marriage vow; gift of love; joy resulting from wifehood; symbol of status as a married woman in society.
[Fig.] immortality.
[Fig.] treasure; prize; precious object; valuable thing; wealth; riches.
[Fig.] joyous moment; precious time of happiness in mortality.
[Fig.] iridescent thread spun by a spider.
[Fig.] silvery seawater.
Prize; treasure; natural gem; [fig.] love; gospel; promise of redemption; great risk that yields enormous gain; [allusion] see Browning's Paracelsus.
[Fig.] precious flowers; beautiful blooms.
[Fig.] rich melody; exquisite music.
Gift; [fig.] being; precious soul; beloved person; rare opportunity to love and be loved.


(D:)

there are some people whose names are "Pearl".

gaily, adv. [see gay, adj.]

Joyfully; happily; merrily; ornately; decoratively.


there are some people whose names are "Gail".

LEXICON RULEZ.

dick-in-son does not.