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Word entry · 6 letters

tinsel

Best crossword clue

"Shiny holiday strands"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɪns(ə)l/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eilnstStarts with TEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2I3N4S5E6L

Definitions

  1. interweave with tinsel

Word origin

The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun.

Used in a sentence

  • Firſt, the hethermoſt, in the changeable blew, and greene robe, is the commendably-faſhioned gallant, Evcosmos; […] The fourth, in watchet tinſell, is the kind, and truly benefique, Evcolos.
  • O! it is divine and moſt admirable, and ſo farre beyond all that ever he publiſhed heretofore, as day-light beyond candle-light, or tinſell or leafe-gold above arſedine; […]
  • Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, / And all her ſteed with tinſell trappings ſhone, / Which fledd ſo faſt, that nothing mote him hold, / And ſcarſe them leaſure gaue, her paſſing to behold.

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