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clinquant

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈklɪŋkənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acilnnqtuStarts with CEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. glittering with gold or silver

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Today the French, / All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, / Shone down the English;
  • 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,
  • Lely supplied the want of taste with clinquant; his nymphs trail fringes and embroidery through meadows and purling streams.

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