clinquant

[ kling-kuh nt ]

/ ˈklɪŋ kənt /

glittering, especially with tinsel; decked with garish finery.

imitation gold leaf; tinsel; false glitter.

Origin of clinquant

1585–95; < Middle French: clinking, present participle of clinquer (< Dutch klinken to sound); see -ant

My eyes rejoice in the shine of it; its clinquant sound is music in my ears.

Trivia |Logan Pearsall Smith
I liked Jack, but not clinquant in crimson and gold, with spurs and sword clanking on the hard, frost-bitten road.

The Yeoman Adventurer |George W. Gough
Clinquant, klingk′ant, adj. shining like tinsel: glittering.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) |Various
The clinquant corslet of the Swiss girl just survives at bals costums.

The Works of Max Beerbohm |Max Beerbohm

clinquant

/ (ˈklɪŋkənt) /

glittering, esp with tinsel

tinsel or imitation gold leaf

C16: from French, from clinquer to clink, from Dutch klinken, of imitative origin