clinquant

3 definitions found

clinquant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clinquant \Clin"quant\, a. [F.]
     Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
     [Obs.] --Shak.
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  Clinquant \Clin"quant\, n.
     Tinsel; Dutch gold.
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clinquant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clinquant
      adj 1: glittering with gold or silver [syn: clinquant,
             tinseled, tinselly]