Today's Word "Chatoyant"
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chatoyant \cheh-TOY-ehnt\ (adjective) - Having a changeable luster, like a cat's eye or the gem of the same name.
"Your promises have a chatoyant luster that taunt suspicion in that they are attractive but change substantially before fulfillment."
French present participle of chatoyer "to shimmer like cats' eyes" from chat "cat," in turn from Vulgar Latin *cattus," perhaps of African origin. Akin to German Katze "cat," Welsh and Cornish "cath," and Breton "kaz." Also found in Slavic: Russian kot "tomcat," koshka "cat" and Polish "kot".
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