clinquant

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Descartes has almost entirely discarded this quaintness, which sometimes passed into what is called in French clinquant, that is to say, tawdry and grotesque ornament.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

The General and the generals went in and crowded the hall of audience, very clinquant with its black and white floor, glass chandeliers, long mirrors and single gilded center table.

From The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 by Norris, Frank

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

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.

Come here, Stephanie, and see a miracle of manhood, that could resist all the clinquant of a hussar for the simple costume of the � cole Militaire.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James

To-day the French, All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, Shone down the English; and, to-morrow, they Made Britain India: every man that stood Show'd like a mine.

From King Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William