chatoyant

comparative more chatoyant · superlative most chatoyant

1. jewelryHaving a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.

   chatoyant effect

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   I managed to move sufficiently to see at the top, as I fired up the stairs, the yellow face of Dr. Fu-Manchu, to see the gleaming, chatoyant eyes, greenly terrible, as they sought to pierce the gloom.

   1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXIII, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

   Cover a tin using two or more colors of chatoyant clay separated by black strips.

   2013, Gail Ritchey, Artful Polymer Clay: Techniques for Stylish Jewelry and Decor, Kalmbach Books, →ISBN, page 71

plural chatoyants

1. chemistryA hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light.