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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chatoyant adj : varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: {changeable}, {iridescent}, {shot}]
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