rare. [F.; see prec.] Changing or undulating luster; play of color.
1816. P. Cleaveland, Min., 41. Changeable colors, or chatoyement, or play of colors; irised colors. For the former, which is the most beautiful, we have mentioned the French term chatoyement, because it is expressive, and because there is no word in English. Ibid. A mineral is said to exhibit changeable colors, or a chatoyement, when different collections of colors alternately appear and disappear.
