clinquant
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Yellow copper; a showy, cheap alloy.
- noun Tinsel; false glitter.
- null Decked with garish finery; glittering; flashy.
Examples
-
I liked Jack, but not clinquant in crimson and gold, with spurs and sword clanking on the hard, frost-bitten road.
-
The General and the generals went in and crowded the hall of audience, very clinquant with its black and white floor, glass chandeliers, long mirrors and single gilded center table.
-
Lely supplied the want of taste with clinquant; his nymphs trail fringes, and embroidery, through meadows and purling streams.
Note
‘Clinquant’ comes from French a word meaning ‘glistening, tinkling.’
