clinquant

[ kling-kuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. glittering, especially with tinsel; decked with garish finery.

noun
  1. imitation gold leaf; tinsel; false glitter.

Origin of clinquant

1
1585–95; <Middle French: clinking, present participle of clinquer (<Dutch klinken to sound); see -ant

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clinquant

/ (ˈklɪŋkənt) /


adjective
  1. glittering, esp with tinsel

noun
  1. tinsel or imitation gold leaf

Origin of clinquant

1
C16: from French, from clinquer to clink, from Dutch klinken, of imitative origin

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