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clinquant

\KLING-kunt\ , adjective, noun;
1.Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
noun: 1.Tinsel; imitation gold leaf.
形容词 a.
1.装饰得金光闪闪的
名词 n.
1.仿金箔

Quotes:
Leaves flicker celadon in the spring, viridian in summer, clinquant in fall, tallying the sovereign seasons, graying and greening to reiterate the message of snow and sun.
~Ann Zwinger, Beyond the Aspen Grove
The room had a twelve-foot high ceiling: hanging from it, four dimly lit antique brass chandeliers cast a clinquant glow on this sunless day.
~Sally Koslow, The Late, Lamented Molly Marx: A Novel
The water, turned clinquant by the sunset, lay rather than stood.
~William Least Heat-Moon, River-Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America

Origin:
Clinquant is from French, glistening, tinkling, present participle of obsolete clinquer, to clink, perhaps from Middle Dutch klinken.