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chatoyance

Variant of chatoyant

adjective

having a changeable color or luster: chatoyant silk

Origin: Fr, prp. of chatoyer, to change luster like the eye of a cat < chat, cat

noun

a gem or polished stone, as the cat's-eye, with such luster

Related Forms:

chatoyance noun or chatoyancy

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