Word of the Day Archive
Friday December 10, 1999
clinquant \KLING-kunt\ , adjective:
1. Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
noun:
1. Tinsel; imitation gold leaf.
Fine sparks... very clinquant, slight, and bright... make a very pretty show.
-- Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso
In 'clinquant gold' the sovereign sun walks round.
-- Fraser's Magazine, no. 115, 1839
Clinquant is from the French.
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