clinquant

Oct. 30th, 2006 07:11 am
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clinquant - adj., glittering with gold or tinsel. n., imitation gold leaf, tinsel, glitter.


Possibly a repeat, but I like it enough anyway. From French, glistening, tinkling, present participle of obsolete clinquer, to clink, possibly from Dutch.

---L.

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