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!
Actually I thought of it first in the Latin, then needed to look up the English on this one, lol.
Adios Amigos, hasta las vista........
Car's all warmed up and hubby is pacing :)
Have a good one, y'all!!!!!!!!
Good luck shopping!
Good morning! Are you snowed in?
ah yes, always first in your native tongue ; )
nada. but my fear is that it will come during the school day and i will have to scurry to retrieve in bad weather, always the worst case scenario.
Exactly. We pointed out the magic of the season, when being reminded of Jesus' birth brings out the very best in people.
Consider your A raised to A+! I like Jeff.
but there are the self righteous that will paint you a pagan if you allow the "santa falsehood" into your home. as someone on that thread said, i love the statue of santa worshipping the baby Jesus.
I couldn't post on those threads.........some of them need to get over it........
As if I know more than 50 words, maybe 100, lol.
it really wasn't acrimonious, a number of them stepped back from their position somewhat. but then i understand it is a yearly debate on FR, but i just hadn't run across it before.it has been acrimonious in the past, apparently.
and most of them lifted directly from the Latin mass i wager !
Every last one of them. Well except for a few phrases spoken by the soldiers in "The Passion of the Christ".
In fact I lifted my homework from the Latin Mass.
i was pretty sure of it...
That was one of the funniest WFTD threads ever. I literally laughed out loud so many times I thought for sure someone was going to come into my cubicle to see wth was going on.
You mean his sister, Clairevoyant?
see post #28... jagoff.
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