TINSELED

clinquant, tinseled, tinselly

(adjective) glittering with gold or silver

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

tinseled

simple past tense and past participle of tinsel

Anagrams

• dentiles, enlisted, lintseed, listened, tensiled

Source: Wiktionary

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TINSEL

Tin"sel, n. Etym: [F. étincelle a spark, OF. estincelle, L. scintilla. Cf. Scintillate, Stencil.]

1. A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like. Who can discern the tinsel from the gold Dryden.

2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable. O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward. Cowper.

Tin"sel, a.

Definition: Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. "Tinsel trappings." Milton.

Tin"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinseled or Tinselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinseling or Tinselling.]

Definition: To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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