Pronounced: mee-zan-nah-BEEM, noun
Notes: I didn’t know this word
Yesterday’s word
The word clinquant means, as an adjective, “glittering; decked out with tinsel of garish finery or jewelry”. As a noun, it means “imitation gold leaf; gold tinsel”
First usage
This word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
The word comes from middle French clinking, the past participle of clinquer, which comes from the Dutch word klinken (to sound). I don’t really mess around with fine art stuff, which may be why I haven’t run across this word.
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