CHATOYANT: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | shu'toyunt
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | changeable, colorful, colourful, iridescent, shot |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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