clinquant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of clinquant
1585–95; < Middle French: clinking, present participle of clinquer (< Dutch klinken to sound); see -ant
Example Sentences
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The clinquant corslet of the Swiss girl just survives at bals costum�s.
From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
I liked Jack, but not clinquant in crimson and gold, with spurs and sword clanking on the hard, frost-bitten road.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
Anecdotes of Painting," says, "Lely supplied the want of taste with clinquant; his nymphs trail fringes, and embroidery, through meadows and purling streams.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
She that a clinquant outside doth adore, Dotes on a gilded statue and no more.
From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard
My eyes rejoice in the shine of it; its clinquant sound is music in my ears.
From Trivia by Smith, Logan Pearsall
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