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tin·sel
I. \ˈtin(t)səl sometimes -nzəl\ adjective
Etymology: earlier tinselle, from Middle French etincellé, estencellé, past participle of etinceller, estenceler to ornament with sparkling colors, to sparkle, from etincelle, estencele spark
1.
a. : interwoven with or overlaid with gold, silver, or metallic thread
b. : made of or covered with tinsel
2. : cheaply glittering or gaudy : showily pretentious : specious, tawdry
< wanders through its massive moldering architecture and tinsel gaieties — Cecil Sprigge >
< surrounded by the tinsel splendor of his parties — J.W.Aldridge >
< a world … with shoddy emotions and tinsel values — Max Lerner >
II. noun
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Etymology: Middle French etincelle, estincelle, estencele spark, glitter, spangle — more at stencil
1.
a. : a silk or silk and wool fabric formerly interwoven or overlaid with glittering metallic threads or strips usually of gold, silver, or copper
b. : lamé
2.
a. : a thread, strip, or sheet of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, Christmas decorations, or advertising materials
b. : a yarn of various fibers covered or combined with a thread of tinsel and used for knitting, weaving, or embroidering
3. : something superficially showy, attractive, or glamorous that actually has little real worth
< those austere spirits who … had scorned the fumes and tinsel of the loud world — L.P.Smith >
< the tinsel and power of high office did not appeal — J.C.Fitzpatrick >
< a superglamorous baggage of tinsel — … a major movie star — Nolan Miller >
4. : deep stone
III. transitive verb
(tinseled or tinselled ; tinseled or tinselled ; tinseling or tinselling ; tinsels)
1. : to interweave, overlay, or adorn with or as if with tinsel
< can produce tinseled or velvet surfaces by flocking — Publisher's Weekly >
< dew tinseled the leaves — Truman Capote >
< a gaudy tinseled dragonfly — Haldane Macfall >
2. : to impart to or cover with a meretricious brightness or appearance
< enraptured by all the tinseled glamour — Arthur Knight >
< her tinseled picture of high life … thrilled the drab Victorian maiden — Robert Halsband >
IV. noun
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Etymology: tinsel (II); from the delicate filament or flimmer
: a flagellum (as on the zoospores of some phycomycetes) having a central axis from which extend short lateral hairs — compare flimmer, whiplash |