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prettygoodwordclinquant (KLIN-kehnt) - adj., glittering with or as if with gold or tinsel. n., imitation gold leaf, tinsel.
Note the q is k and not kw, which is your clue this came into English (around 1590) from French, meaning the sound of clinking, itself probably taken from Dutch -- which is also the source, a couple centuries previous of clink itself.
---L.
Note the q is k and not kw, which is your clue this came into English (around 1590) from French, meaning the sound of clinking, itself probably taken from Dutch -- which is also the source, a couple centuries previous of clink itself.
---L.
