chatoyant
Use Chatoyant in a sentence
ənt adjective
1.
changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk.
2.
Jewelry. reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon.
noun
3.
Jewelry. a cabochon-cut gemstone having this reflected streak, as a chrysoberyl cat's-eye.
Origin:
1790–1800; < French, special use of present participle of chatoyer to change luster like a cat's eye, equivalent to chat cat1 + -oy- v. suffix + -ant -ant
1790–1800; < French, special use of present participle of chatoyer to change luster like a cat's eye, equivalent to chat cat1 + -oy- v. suffix + -ant -ant
Related forms
cha·toy·ance, cha·toy·an·cy, noun
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| —adj | |
| 1. | having changeable lustre; twinkling |
| 2. | (of a gem, esp a cabochon) displaying a band of light reflected off inclusions of other minerals |
| —n | |
| 3. | a gemstone with a changeable lustre, such as a cat's eye |
| [C18: from French, from chatoyer to gleam like a cat's eyes, from chat | |
| cha'toyancy | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Quartz is slightly smoky in all cooling units and chatoyant alkali feldspar is common.
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