Chatoyant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chatoyant
       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" [syn: {changeable}, {iridescent}, {shot}]