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schiller

(s̸hil′ər)

noun

a peculiar bronzelike luster in certain minerals, often iridescent, caused by the diffraction of light in embedded crystals

Origin: Ger, color play < schillern, to change color, akin to schielen, to blink, squint < OHG scelah, oblique < IE base *(s)kel-, crooked > scolex

Schiller, (Johann Christoph) Friedrich von 1759-1805; Ger. dramatist & poet

See schiller in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A lustrous colored reflection from certain planes in a mineral grain.

Origin:

Origin: German, iridescence

Origin: , from Middle High German schilher, iridescent taffeta

Origin: , from schilhen, to twinkle, squint

Origin: , from Old High German scilihen, to squint, wink

German poet, dramatist, and historian. A leading romanticist, he is best known for his historical plays, such as Don Carlos (1787) and Wallenstein (1798-1799), and for his long didactic poems.

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