Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clinquant \Clin"quant\, a. [F.]
   Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
   [Obs.] --Shak.

Clinquant \Clin"quant\, n.
   Tinsel; Dutch gold.

Source : WordNet®

clinquant
     adj : glittering with gold or silver [syn: {tinseled}, {tinselly}]