clinquant

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

glittering with gold or silver

Adj

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

Noun

Dutch metal.
Tinsel; glitter.

Origin / Etymology

From French clinquant, from clinquer (“to clink”), from Dutch klinken (“to sound, ring, clink”), from Middle Dutch clinken, clingen, from Old Dutch *clingan, from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound, ring”). Cognate with German klingen (“to sound”).

Synonyms

tinseled, tinselly

Scrabble Score: 20

clinquant is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
clinquant is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
clinquant is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 25

clinquant is a valid Words With Friends word