chatoyant

chatoyant
/sheuh toy"euhnt/, adj.
1. changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk.
2. Jewelry. reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon.
n.
3. Jewelry. a cabochon-cut gemstone having this reflected streak, as a chrysoberyl cat's-eye.
[1790-1800; < F, special use of prp. of chatoyer to change luster like a cat's eye, equiv. to chat CAT1 + -oy- v. suffix + -ant -ANT]

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