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Chatoyant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHATOYANT, a. A hard stone, a little transparent, which being cut smooth presents on its surface and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light. It is of a yellowish gray color or verging to an olive green. It rarely exceeds the size of a filbert.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, chatoyant, iridescent, shot]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: French, from present participle of chatoyer to shine like a cat's eyes Date: 1816 having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light <a chatoyant gem> II. noun Date: circa 1828 a chatoyant gem

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.