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   tinsel

   /ˈtɪns(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil attached to a long piece of thread: "a room bedecked with tinsel and fairy lights" Similar spangleglittermetallic yarnrare:clinquant
   • ▪ showy or superficial attractiveness or glamour: "his taste for the tinsel of the art world" Similar ostentationshowinessshowshowing offostentatiousnesspretentiousnesspretensionvulgarityconspicuousnessobtrusivenessdisplayflamboyancegaudinessgarishnesstawdrinessmeretriciousnessbrashnessloudnessextravaganceornatenesstheatricalitykitschnessaffectationbad tastetastelessnessself-advertisementexhibitionismflauntinginformal:flashinessflashflashnessglitzglitzinessritzinessswankinessswanksplashiness

   Word 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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