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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--chatoyant This week's theme: words with hidden animals. chatoyant (shuh-TOI-uhnt) adjective Having a changeable luster like that of a cat's eye at night. noun A chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat's eye. [From French, present participle of chatoyer (to shine like a cat's eye), from chat (cat).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Her deep green chatoyant eyes were stunning." Leo L. Sullivan; Life; Triple Crown Publications; 2006. X-Bonus The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. -Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)

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