Etymology

clinquant

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Today it means: Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. Full definition →

French clinquant
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  1. French · derived fromclinquant
  2. English todayclinquant

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

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