tinsel

tinsel meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

Examples of tinsel in a sentence

• They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 11:
• [T]hey have been the delusive prologue to an age worse than that of iron—the age of tinsel and gossamer, in which no thought has substance enough to be moulded into consistent and lasting form.1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Dawning Hopes”, in Romola. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co....

All 14 example sentences with tinsel

Synonyms of tinsel

• baldacchin
• endamage

Forms of tinsel

Origin of tinsel

The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“cloth containing gold or silver thread”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman tincel, tincelle, tencele, and then: * from Old French estincelle, estencele (“a spark”) (modern French étincelle), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, a metathesis of Latin scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shimmer, shine”); and * from Old French estincelé, the past participle of estinceler, estenceler (“to produce sparks”) (modern French étinceler (“to sparkle, twinkle; (archaic) to produce sparks”)), from Vulgar Latin *stincillāre, a metathesis of Latin scintillāre, the present active infinitive of scintillō (“to scintillate, sparkle”), from scintilla (“a glimmer; a spark”) (see above) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). The English word is a doublet of scintilla, scintillate, and stencil. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun.

The noun is derived from Middle English tinsel (“destruction, loss; damnation, spiritual loss; state of damnation”) [and other forms], probably from Old Norse *týnsla (modern Norwegian tynsla (“damage, destruction”)), from týna (“to destroy; to lose; to perish”) (whence Middle English tinen (“to be deprived of, lose; to fail to maintain; to forfeit; to lose track of; to mislay; to be separated from; to escape; to be defeated or forced to withdraw; to waste; to consume, use up; to be destroyed, perish; to damn; to remove, take”)) + -sla (suffix forming nouns from verbs, either denoting the action of the verb or the medium or product of the action). Týna is derived from tjón (“damage; loss”), from Proto-Germanic *teuną (“damage; destruction, ruin; lack”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duH- (“to torment, vex”) or *deh₂w- (“to burn”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Words formed from tinsel

• tinsellike
• tinsel lily
• tinselly
• tinsel print
• tinselry
• Tinseltown
• tinsel wire
• tinseled
• tinselled
• tinseling
• tinselling

Related words

• trimmings
• trim up

Phrases with tinsel

• tinsel town
• tinsel towns
• tinsel prints

Questions about tinsel

What does tinsel mean?

Tinsel means a silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade.

What is tinsel in Tamil?

Tinsel in Tamil is ஜிகினா (jikiṉā). See Tinsel meaning in Tamil.

How do you use tinsel in a sentence?

They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.

What part of speech is tinsel?

Tinsel can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.

How do you pronounce tinsel?

Tinsel is pronounced /ˈtɪns(ə)l/ (UK).

What is the plural of tinsel?

The plural of tinsel is tinsels.