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!
Ya-boy, you're trey today.
Top of the morning to you!
Better leave that comment to the spouse, Bob. A for you.
After consulting my Ebonics/English dictionary, I can say horray!!!
No, but keep going. You're on a roll.
A for imagination and creepy association.
I just really don't like shopping.....period.
Yikes.........we're on the east side of that weather band........we're just getting rain.
my older ones delighted in learning the truth, they were now grown up and they kept the tradition alive for the younger ones.........Santa Claus is a legend. Anyone who carries this "scar" is nuts.
What day are you? We have several November bdays in this class, including yours truly.
Look at you dubs, going for the obsequious extry credit! A++
i literally had never encountered anyone in real life, holding the opinions of some on that thread. it is an individual thing, of course, but losing trust in one's parent bc santa isn't real? what sort of relationship do they have with their child that something like that would have such a profound effect?
A+, your standard grade for excellent poetry.
Nothing beats a good bookstore!!!
i have to differ, a great xs/yarn shop edges out a bookstore IMHO.
I hope this one works.
It's called Atlantic Books. I discovered on on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City about 15 years ago.........then one opened on the Boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, and then a huge warehouse sized one openned in Dover.
This one is in Salisbury and is about the size of a WalMart!!!!
*****SIGH****
I haven't seen the inside of a decent xs shop since before Jax was born....
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