a form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil attached to a length of thread.
superficial attractiveness or glamour.
Derivative
tinselled
(UStinseled)
adj.
tinsellyadj.
Etymology
ME (denoting fabric either interwoven with metallic thread or spangled): from OFr. estincele ‘spark’, or estinceler ‘to sparkle’, based on L. scintilla ‘a spark’.
