Word of the Day for Thursday, May 26, 2011clinquant \KLING-kunt\, adjective:
1. Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
noun:
1. Tinsel; imitation gold leaf.
Awww, see the clinquant glow of the B.O.'s halo rapidly fading as he muddles his way through through his presidency; maybe he could retire early and go take over the Palestinian presidential duties; I'm sure he would feel more comfortable running the State of Palestine than he does the United States of America; I'd even be willing to throw in a Piper Cub for him to fly around in!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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
Clinquant is from French, glistening, tinkling, present participle of obsolete clinquer, to clink, perhaps from Middle Dutch klinken.
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