Sekirov Dictionary

clinquant

/ˈklɪŋkənt/

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 2

noun2

Dutch metal.
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Tinsel; glitter.
- Harrison came that day in a scarlett coate and cloake, both laden with gold and silver lace, and the coate so cover'd with clinquant, that scarcely could one discerne the ground, — 1806

adjective1

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Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
- Today the French, / All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, / Shone down the English — 1613

forms

more clinquant · most clinquant

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