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paillette

/pælˈjɛt//paɪˈjɛt/

noun

A sequin or spangle.

OriginFrench paillette →

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Meanings

nounpaillette (plural paillettes)

plural paillettes

A sequin or spangle.
A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Frenchpaillette
Englishpaillette

Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with paillette

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paillette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paillette.

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