tinsel
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noun- 1.
(obsolete) A shining fabric used for ornamental purposes.
- 2.
(broadly, uncountable, usually)A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.
- 3.
(broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually)Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.
- 4.
(Scotland, obsolete, transitive, uncountable)Damage, detriment; loss.
- 5.
(Scotland, archaic, transitive, uncountable)(law, archaic) Deprivation; forfeiture.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable, obsolete)Of fabric: ornamented by being woven with gold or silver thread, or overlaid with thin metal plates; brocaded.
- 2.
(broadly, not comparable, obsolete)Glittering.
- 3.
(broadly, figuratively, not comparable)Apparently beautiful and costly but having little value; superficially attractive; gaudy, showy, tawdry.
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verb- 1.
To adorn (something) with tinsel.
- 2.
(figuratively, transitive)To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness.
- 3.
(Scotland, obsolete, rare, transitive)To cause (someone) damage or loss; also, to impose a fine on (someone); to mulct.
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ine-pro The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (cloth containing gold or silver thread), probably from tincel, tincelle, tencele, and then: