chatoyant
[ shuh-toi-uh nt ]
/ ʃəˈtɔɪ ənt /
adjective
changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk.
Jewelry.
reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon.
noun
Jewelry.
a cabochon-cut gemstone having this reflected streak, as a chrysoberyl cat's-eye.
Origin of chatoyant
OTHER WORDS FROM chatoyant
cha·toy·ance, cha·toy·an·cy, nounWords nearby chatoyant
chatham,
chatham island,
chatham islands,
chatline,
chaton,
chatoyant,
chatroom,
chatsworth house,
chattagam,
chattahoochee,
chattanooga
Example sentences from the Web for chatoyant
The chatoyant eyes of the leopard stared back, a flicker of restlessness in their brilliant yellow deeps.
The Adventures of Kathlyn |Harold MacGrathCymophane, or chatoyant chrysoberyl, may also be asteriated.
There was a river there too; not a little bolt of chatoyant silk like the Avon, which they would have called a "crick" back there.
The Best Short Stories of 1920 |VariousShe invariably wore gloves out of doors and a veil to conceal the chatoyant eyes.
The Green Eyes of Bst |Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for chatoyant
chatoyant
/ (ʃəˈtɔɪənt) /
adjective
having changeable lustre; twinkling
(of a gem, esp a cabochon) displaying a band of light reflected off inclusions of other minerals
noun
a gemstone with a changeable lustre, such as a cat's eye
Derived forms of chatoyant
chatoyancy, nounWord Origin for chatoyant
C18: from French, from
chatoyer to gleam like a cat's eyes, from
chat
cat
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