chatoyantadj.n.

/ʃatwʌɪˈjɒ̃/

/ʃəˈtɔɪənt/

Etymology: French chatoyant in same sense, present participle of chatoyer (on Latin type caticāre): compare flamboyant. Littré gives chatoyer in dialect of Berry, as ‘to stroke or caress as a cat, to pet’.

rare.

A. adj.

Having a changeable, undulating, or floating lustre, like that of a cat's eye in the dark.

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective]

changeablec1450

cangeant1608

volant1616

changeanta1653

changing1659

pavonine1688

versicoloured1721

perlaceous1777

iridescent1794

pavonated1798

chatoyant1816

nacreous1819

shot1824

versicolorate1826

nacrous1836

versicolorous1847

iridine1851

perlarious1858

nacry1859

nacrine1862

playing1871

fire-opalescent1873

irisated1887

holographic1988

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] > liable to be changed > in appearance

various1656

chatoyant1816

1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. 257 This mineral has a crystalline structure..It is slightly chatoyant...When cut, it sometimes exhibits a play of colors, like the cat's eye.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. i. i. 38 The ‘Moon-stone’, a variety of pearly adularia presenting chatoyant rays when simply polished.

1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 79 The..chatoyant..sea of..silks and satins.

1962 Listener 4 Jan. 29/1 Repetition silts them Maturing in a silence Chatoyant and productive.

B. n.

1. Chatoyant quality or lustre. [So in French.]

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the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [noun]

waving1662

chatoyant1798

iridescence1804

pavonine1805

chatoyement1816

reflet1849

nacreness1862

iridization1884

nacreosity1931

1798 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 414 The chatoyant or play of light, on these dark crystals, is very remarkable.

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2. A chatoyant stone, as the Cat's eye, the surface and interior of which, when cut and polished, exhibit a floating lustre.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chatoyant
释义	chatoyantadj.n. /ʃatwʌɪˈjɒ̃//ʃəˈtɔɪənt/ Etymology: French chatoyant in same sense, present participle of chatoyer (on Latin type caticāre): compare flamboyant. Littré gives chatoyer in dialect of Berry, as ‘to stroke or caress as a cat, to pet’. rare. A. adj. Having a changeable, undulating, or floating lustre, like that of a cat's eye in the dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [adjective] changeablec1450 cangeant1608 volant1616 changeanta1653 changing1659 pavonine1688 versicoloured1721 perlaceous1777 iridescent1794 pavonated1798 chatoyant1816 nacreous1819 shot1824 versicolorate1826 nacrous1836 versicolorous1847 iridine1851 perlarious1858 nacry1859 nacrine1862 playing1871 fire-opalescent1873 irisated1887 holographic1988 the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] > liable to be changed > in appearance various1656 chatoyant1816 1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. 257 This mineral has a crystalline structure..It is slightly chatoyant...When cut, it sometimes exhibits a play of colors, like the cat's eye. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. i. i. 38 The ‘Moon-stone’, a variety of pearly adularia presenting chatoyant rays when simply polished. 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 79 The..chatoyant..sea of..silks and satins. 1962 Listener 4 Jan. 29/1 Repetition silts them Maturing in a silence Chatoyant and productive. B. n. 1. Chatoyant quality or lustre. [So in French.] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > iridescence > [noun] waving1662 chatoyant1798 iridescence1804 pavonine1805 chatoyement1816 reflet1849 nacreness1862 iridization1884 nacreosity1931 1798 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 414 The chatoyant or play of light, on these dark crystals, is very remarkable. Categories » 2. A chatoyant stone, as the Cat's eye, the surface and interior of which, when cut and polished, exhibit a floating lustre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1798
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