Today the French, / All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, / Shone down the English;
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Clinquant
//ˈklɪŋkənt//
Synonyms for "clinquant" (44 found)
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Sample sentences
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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,
Source: wiktionary
Lely supplied the want of taste with clinquant; his nymphs trail fringes and embroidery through meadows and purling streams.
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