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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles;
- Example: "changeable taffeta"
- Example: "chatoyant (or shot) silk"
- Example: "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
[syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]