Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chatoyant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chatoyant \Cha*toy"ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of chatoyer to be
chatoyant, fr. chat cat.] (Min.)
Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a
changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chatoyant \Cha*toy"ant\, n. (Min.)
A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished
surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chatoyant
adj : varying in color when seen in different lights or from
different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or
shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and
iridescent" [syn: {changeable}, {iridescent}, {shot}]
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