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clinquant, a. and n.|ˈklɪŋkənt|
Also 7 clinkant, -cquant, -ckant, -cant.
[a. F. clinquant clinking, tinkling, pr. pple. of obs. vb. clinquer, a. Du. klinken to clink, ring. Found in 15th c. in or clinquant gold in thin plates, leaf-gold.]
A. adj. Glittering with gold or silver, and hence with metallic imitations of these; tinselled, ‘dressed in spangles’ (J.).
1591Sylvester Battail of Ivry 184 Hee doth not nicely prank In clinquant Pomp..But arm'd in Steel. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. i. 19 The French, All Clinquant all in Gold, like Heathen Gods Shone downe the English. 1623Fletcher & Rowley Maid Mill v. ii, A clinquant petticoat of some rich stuff, To catch the eye. 1635Brome Sparagus Garden iii. v, Courtiers Clinquant, and no counterfeit stuffe upon 'hem. 1658Osborn Adv. Son (1673) 200 A gentile Garb and decent Habit: yet..not Clinckant or Rich, since Gold lace, Rings or Jewels, hath not seldom rendred Travellers the prey of Braves and Murderers. 1676Shadwell Virtuoso iii. i, Fine sparks..very clinquent, slight, and bright..make a very pretty show at first; but the Tinsel-Gentlemen do so tarnish in the wearing. 1839Fraser's Mag. 115 In ‘clinquant gold’ the sovereign sun walks round.
b. fig.
1613Chapman Masque Inns Crt. Plays 1873 III. 110 Inure thy souldiers to hardnes, tis honorable, though not clinkant. 1682Shadwell Medal Ep. A b, He has an easiness in Rime, and a knack at Versifying, and can make a slight thing seem pretty and clinquant.
B. n. [Fr. clinquant was short for or clinquant, and originally meant real gold in leaf or thin plates, used for decorative purposes. Thence it was extended to imitations.]
1. Imitation of gold leaf; tinsel; Dutch gold.
1691Ray N.C. Wds., Clincquant, brass thinly wrought out into leaves. 1874Knight Dict. Mech. I. 65/2 s.v. Alloy, Clinquant, same as yellow copper, Dutch gold.
2. Literary or artistic ‘tinsel’, false glitter.
1711Addison Spect. No. 5 ⁋5, I..agree with Monsieur Boileau, that one Verse in Virgil is worth all the Clincant or Tinsel of Tasso [le clinquant du Tasse]. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) III. 27 Lely supplied the want of taste with clinquant. 1839Fraser's Mag. XIX. 65 The worst portion of the silly bits of clinquant strung together, and called gems of beauty. |