Clinquant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clinquant \Clin"quant\, a. [F.]
     Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
     [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Clinquant \Clin"quant\, n.
     Tinsel; Dutch gold.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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