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clinquant

/ˈklɪŋkənt/

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From French clinquant, from clinquer (“to clink”).

adjective more clinquant · most clinquant

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;

noun

uncountable Dutch metal.
uncountable 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,

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@misc{clinquant_2026,
  title = {clinquant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clinquant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}