Min. [f. Gr. κυμο-, comb. form of κῦμα wave + -φανης -showing.] A synonym of CHRYSOBERYL.
1804. W. Nicholson, trans. Fourcroy’s Chem., II. 406.
1850–6. O. W. Holmes, Poems, Mysterious Illness, 80. Her white arm, that wore a twisted chain Clasped with an opal-sheeny cymophane.
Hence Cymophanous a., ‘having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant’ (Webster, 1864).
