pearliness

noun

pearl·​i·​ness

ˈpərlēnə̇s,

ˈpə̄l-,

ˈpəil-,

-lin-

plural -es

: the quality or state of being pearly

that faint blue haze … that almost imagined pearliness against the distant hills

—S. E. White

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