clinquant

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  1. adjective Glittering with gold or tinsel.
  2. noun Imitation gold leaf; tinsel; glitter.

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  1. French, glistening, tinkling, present participle of obsolete clinquer, to clink, perhaps from Middle Dutch klinken; see clink1.

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  1. French, present participle adjective as noun, from Dutch klinken = English clink, q. v. Cf. German rauschgold, tinsel, from rauschen, rustle (see rush), + gold = English gold.
 

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/ klænˈkɑn/
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