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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To-day the French, All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, Shone down the English; and, to-morrow, they Made Britain India: every man that stood Show'd like a mine.
From King Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William
The General and the generals went in and crowded the hall of audience, very clinquant with its black and white floor, glass chandeliers, long mirrors and single gilded center table.
From The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 by Norris, Frank
My eyes rejoice in the shine of it; its clinquant sound is music in my ears.
From Trivia by Smith, Logan Pearsall
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.
Descartes has almost entirely discarded this quaintness, which sometimes passed into what is called in French clinquant, that is to say, tawdry and grotesque ornament.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
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