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grandeur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???æn.d??/, /???æn.d???/, /???æn.d(j)??/, /???æn.d(j)?/
- Homophone: grander (one pronunciation)
Noun
grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs)
- The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
- Nobility (state of being noble).
- (archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “grandeur”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
French
Etymology
Old French grandur, from grand +? -eur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????.dœ?/
- Homophone: grandeurs
Noun
grandeur f (plural grandeurs)
- size
- (physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity
- (astronomy) magnitude
- grandeur
Derived terms
- folie des grandeurs
- grandeur d'âme
- grandeur nature
- ordre de grandeur
See also
- taille
- largeur
- hauteur
Further reading
- “grandeur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French grandur.
Noun
grandeur f (plural grandeurs)
- size
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tinsel
English
Etymology
From Middle French estincelle (“spark”) (compare French étincelle), from Latin scintilla; compare scintillate, stencil.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?t?n.s?l/
- Rhymes: -?ns?l
Noun
tinsel (usually uncountable, plural tinsels)
- A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe
- Who can discern the tinsel from the gold?
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe
- Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees.
- Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more pretty than valuable.
- 1782, William Cowper, Truth
- O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward.
- 1782, William Cowper, Truth
Translations
Adjective
tinsel (not comparable)
- Glittering, later especially superficially so; gaudy, showy.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, / And all her steed with tinsell trappings shone […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
Verb
tinsel (third-person singular simple present tinsels, present participle (UK) tinselling or (US) tinseling, simple past and past participle (UK) tinselled or (US) tinseled)
- (transitive) To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
- She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues
- (figuratively, transitive) To give a false sparkle to (something).
Derived terms
- tinseled, tinselled
- tinselly
- Tinseltown
See also
- trimmings
- trim up
References
- tinsel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- ELINTs, SILENT, Teslin, enlist, inlets, leints, listen, silent
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