tinselledadj.
/ˈtɪnsəld/ 1. (a) Made to sparkle or glitter with gold or silver thread, brocade, or embroidery. (b) Embellished with gold or silver leaf.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > interwoven with metallic thread
tissue1480
tinsel1502
tinselled1532
tissued1584
songket1909
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > gilding and silvering > [adjective] > gold or silver leaf
tinselled1532
gold-leafed1898
1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 No Man, vnder the State of an Erle [shall]..weare..any Clothe of Golde or Syluer, or tynseld Saten.
1545 Rates Custome House sig. civv Satten tynseld with gold the yarde xiii.s. iiii.d... Satten of bruges counterfete tynselde the yarde iii.s. iiii.d.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 Their out Garment or Vest..of cloth of gold and Tinselled.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. lvi. 244 Figured sattin tinselled and overcast with golden threads.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. i. 3 Tinselled hobby-horses, gilt gingerbread.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 40 Some of these huts were garnished with little tinseled pictures.
1871 D. G. Rossetti Last Confession 387 Before some new Madonna gaily decked, Tinselled and gewgawed, a slight German toy, I saw her kneel.
2.
a. transferred and figurative; in later use often depreciative or contemptuous (cf. sense 2b).
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling > made to sparkle
sparkleda1547
tinselledc1620
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]
fine1526
garish1545
flaunting1567
gawish1567
taffety1597
showful1607
flaming1609
flaring1610
over-brave1620
showish1675
rantingc1685
gaudy1709
showy1712
tinselled1738
kicky1790
flaunty1796
flashy1801
slangish1813
florid1815
tigerish1831
flash1836
flary1841
loud1850
flashy-looking1852
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
flagrant1858
jingo1859
cheesy1863
orchidaceous1864
flamboyant1879
vociferous1883
voyant1906
grandstanding1908
floozy1911
ritzy1919
like a (or the) dog's dinner1927
plush horse1936
kitsch1953
zazzy1961
pizzazz1969
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > cheaply or gaudily ornamented
tawdry1676
tinselled1738
fripperied over1858
bedaubed1863
tarted1958
c1620 Convert Soule in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1847) 89 Then dream of shadowes, make thy coate Of tinsel'd cobwebs.
1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra (1879) 6 As the Tincell'd Night gives way At th' opening o' th' true Golden Day.
1738 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 521/2 Observe the Gentleman in that gaudy slight French Dress, how he is tinsel'd and pouder'd over.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 237 Tinsel'd Toy, said I, (for he was lac'd all over).
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 126 Clouds..whose tinselled edges glitter in the western sun.
b. figurative. Having a flashy superficial splendour without intrinsic value.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > having or given specious appearance
paintedc1390
daubedc1400
cloakeda1500
fucate1531
fucated1535
coloured1537
flim-flam1577
tinsel1595
varnisheda1616
punkish1616
white-limeda1631
pargeted1645
tinselled1651
vizarded1663
lacquered1687
glossy1698
catchpenny1705
catch-shilling1808
tinselly1811
whitewashed1859
shoddy1882
veneered1884
hollowed-out1890
face-lifted1941
suede shoe1952
cosmetic1955
1651 J. Cleveland Poems (Wing C4684) 4 His tinsil'd metaphors of pelf.
1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 144 Beaumont and Fletcher..laid the foundation of the artificial diction and tinselled pomp of the next generation.
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