Posted on 12/15/2005 4:44:16 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
chatoyant • \shuh-TOY-unt\ • adjective
: having a changeable luster or color with an undulating narrow band of white light
Example sentence:
The chest was opened to reveal a veritable treasure of glittering gold jewelry and chatoyant gems.
Etymology: The complex structure of a cat's eye not only enables it to see at night but also gives it the appearance of glowing in the dark. Not surprisingly, jewels that sport a healthy luster are often compared with the feline ocular organ, so much that the term "cat's-eye" is used to refer to those gems (such as chalcedony) that give off iridescence from within. If you've brushed up on your French lately, you might notice that the French word for "cat" ("chat") provides the first four letters of "chatoyant," a word used by jewelers to describe such lustrous gems. "Chatoyant" derives from the present participle of "chatoyer," a French verb that literally means "to shine like a cat's eyes."
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Teaching your children about St. Nicholas is not idolatry. After all, he obviously knew the reason for the season. And was boiled in oil for his beliefs and practices.
But don't you know they'd spell it Sh'toyant? A for you.
Not to be confused with the other relative, Clairvoy's uncle? A+ for you!
Oh ti, that's magnificent. A++!
A+ Truthy! I love it when you broadside the swimmer!
I guess we all pick and choose our battles. I would like to assume someone would have a little class and not hang Santa in a tree in the yard.......
Happy Belated birthday! I still have them but I no longer count them. Unfortunately my children do and gleefully announce my age to any willing listener.
Good morning - Did our storms from yesterday skirt your area?
Bravo! A for you!
A+ Vastie. I support private property rights until they impinge on the rights of others not to be thoroughly grossed out or violently ill.
Welcome to WFTD! You're off to a good start with an A+.
We're still getting the rain but it's supposed to taper off later.
We needed the rain too - but I could have done without the scary clouds!
:o)
I think the Santa display is tasteless, vile, and shows the owner to be a completely classless democrat @$$-hole. But, the idiot has a constitutional right to be a completely classless democrat @$$-hole.
Yeah I know, even completely classless dems are allowed to live - Perhaps the ACLU will come in and sue the homeowners for the lynching of a white man in their yard......ya think?
Oh, I just got a call from the Dems whining about Tom DeLay....... do they not realize I"m in DeLay's back yard? Sheesh
exactly right. there is a constitutional right to @$$holic expression. no one can force them to take it down, but they will have to put up with the repercussions from passersby and neighbors who are willing to trespass to make their opinion known.
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