Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clinquant

/ˈklɪŋkənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: clin-quant
IPA: /ˈklɪŋkənt/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.

noun

Uncountable

noun

Tinsel; glitter.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Today the French, / All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, / Shone down the English;"
"Harrison came that day in a scarlett coate and cloake, both laden with gold and silver lace, and the coate so cover'd with clinquant, that scarcely could one discerne the ground,"
"Lely supplied the want of taste with clinquant; his nymphs trail fringes and embroidery through meadows and purling streams."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: clinquant

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more clinquant (comparative) most clinquant (superlative)

Synonyms

tinseled tinselly

Questions

How do you pronounce clinquant?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈklɪŋkənt/.
What does clinquant mean?: Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
Where does clinquant come from?: It is traced to French.

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