chatoyant,a.(andn.) rare.|ʃatwajɑ̃,ʃəˈtɔɪənt|[F. chatoyant in same sense,pres.pple.of chatoyer (on L. type caticā-re):cf.flamboyant. Littré gives chatoyer indial.of Berry, as ‘to stroke or caress as a cat, to pet’.]A.adj.Having a changeable, undulating, or floating lustre, like that of a cat's eye in the dark.1816CleavelandMin.257This mineral has a crystalline structure..It is slightly chatoyant.1859TennentCeylon 38The ‘Moon-stone’ a variety of pearly adularia presenting chatoyant rays when simply polished.1860O. W. HolmesElsie V. (1887) 79The..chatoyant..sea of..silks and satins.1962Listener 4 Jan. 29/1Repetition silts them Maturing in a silence Chatoyant and productive.B.n.1.Chatoyant quality or lustre.[So inFr.]1798Phil.Trans.LXXXVIII. 414The chatoyant or play of light, on these dark crystals, is very remarkable.2.A chatoyant stone, as the Cat's eye, the surface and interior of which, when cut and polished, exhibit a floating lustre.