Meaning of chatoyant | Babel Free
ʃəˈtɔɪ.əntDefinitions
Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
Examples
“chatoyant effect”
“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.”
“Cover a tin using two or more colors of chatoyant clay separated by black strips.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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