paillette

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paillette

/pælˈjɛt/
/paɪˈjɛt/

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Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.

noun paillettes

A sequin or spangle. A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another

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@misc{paillette_2026,
  title = {paillette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paillette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}