Tinsel

Monday 19^th December 2016

Tinsel - /ˈtɪns(ə)l/

Noun

1) [mass noun] A form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil attached to a long piece of thread
1.1) Showy or superficial attractiveness or glamour

Example sentences

Noun

‘A room bedecked with tinsel and fairy lights’

‘His taste for the tinsel of the art world’

Origin 

Late Middle English (denoting fabric either interwoven with metallic thread or spangled): from Old French estincele spark, or estinceler to sparkle, based on Latin scintilla a spark.

                                   

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