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| 1. | changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk. |
| 2. | Jewelry. reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon. |
| 3. | Jewelry. a cabochon-cut gemstone having this reflected streak, as a chrysoberyl cat's-eye. |
| cha·toy·ant (shə-toi'ənt) adj. Having a changeable luster. n. A chatoyant stone or gemstone, such as the cat's-eye. [French, present participle of chatoyer, to shimmer like cats' eyes, from chat, cat, from Vulgar Latin *cattus, perhaps of African origin.] cha·toy'an·cy n. |