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 Related forms cha·toy·ance, cha·toy·an·cy, noun
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Chatoyant
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