Clinquant
//ˈklɪŋkənt//
"Clinquant" in a Sentence (3 examples)
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.
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