Pronunciation: [shê-'toy-ênt] Listen
Definition: Having a changeable luster, like a cat's eye or the gem of the same name.
[@more@]Usage: The adjective may be used as a noun to refer to chatoyant gems, e.g. the moonstone is a radiant chatoyant. "Chatoyancy" is the noun referring to a chatoyant quality, e.g. the chatoyancy of her hair in the moonlight.
Suggested Usage: We can play metaphorically with the semantic luster of this word in several ways, "She sauntered down the stairs in a chatoyant sea of silk and satin." We can also capitalize on its sense of changeability, "Your promises have a chatoyant luster that taunt suspicion," i.e. they are attractive but change substantially before fulfillment.
Etymology: French present participle of chatoyer "to shimmer like cats' eyes" from chat "cat," in turn from Vulgar Latin *cattus," perhaps of African origin. Akin to German Katze "cat," Welsh and Cornish "cath," and Breton "kaz." Also found in Slavic: Russian kot "tomcat," koshka "cat" and Polish "kot".
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