David Ragan
12-05-2017, 7:10 AM
Thought some might be interested in the origin of a word we often use:
From:
Wordsmith.org The Magic of Words
(They have a "Word a day" subscription list)
Chatoyant
PRONUNCIATION:
(shuh-TOI-uhnt)
MEANING:
adjective: Having a changeable luster like that of a cat’s eye at night.
noun: A chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat’s eye.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French, present participle of chatoyer (to shine like a cat’s eye), from chat (cat). Earliest documented use: 1816.
USAGE:
“A chatoyant gleam twinkled from his steel blue eyes.”
Al Patterson; Fire in the Bosom; Page Publishing; 2014.
See more usage examples of chatoyant in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
From:
Wordsmith.org The Magic of Words
(They have a "Word a day" subscription list)
Chatoyant
PRONUNCIATION:
(shuh-TOI-uhnt)
MEANING:
adjective: Having a changeable luster like that of a cat’s eye at night.
noun: A chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat’s eye.
ETYMOLOGY:
From French, present participle of chatoyer (to shine like a cat’s eye), from chat (cat). Earliest documented use: 1816.
USAGE:
“A chatoyant gleam twinkled from his steel blue eyes.”
Al Patterson; Fire in the Bosom; Page Publishing; 2014.
See more usage examples of chatoyant in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.