单词 | chatoyant |
释义 | chatoyant —chatoyance, chatoyancy, n. /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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