diamanté

[ dee-uh-mahn-tey ]

/ ˌdi ə mɑnˈteɪ /

a sequin, rhinestone, or other glittery ornamentation on a garment.

fabric covered or patterned with such ornamentation.

Origin of diamanté

1900–05; < French diamanté ornamented with diamonds, past participle of diamanter, verbal derivative of diamant diamond

Sutton and Burleigh (1939a:37) reported M. p. leucopterus from Diamante Pass.

Birds from Coahuila, Mexico |Emil K. Urban
Dr. Gillies says where the Diamante joins it, it is called the Salado.

Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata |Woodbine Parish
The maid went, & mistaking tooke the glasse of poyson which Diamante had giu'n her, and she kept in store for me.

The Unfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton |Thomas Nash
Diamante, a Spanish dramatic poet, who plagiarised Corneille's "Cid" and passed it off as original; b. 1826.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood

Diamante is historically interesting as the introducer of French dramatic methods into Spain.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 |Various

diamanté

/ (ˌdaɪəˈmæntɪ, ˌdɪə-) /

decorated with glittering ornaments, such as artificial jewels or sequins

a fabric so covered

C20: from French, from diamanter to adorn with diamonds, from diamant diamond