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单词 tinselry
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tinselryn.

/ˈtɪnsəlri/
Etymology: < tinsel n.3 and adj. + -ry suffix.
Showy and tawdry material or ornamentation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy
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ginger-work1631
frippery1637
finery1647
tawdrya1680
tawdrum1680
tinsey1685
flappet1728
gingerbread work1748
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fallalery1824
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1830 S. Warren in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 940/2 The ghastly visage of death thus leering through the tinselry of fashion..was a horrible mockery of the fooleries of life!
1869 S. Bowles Our New West xxvii. 518 The poor tinselry of the worship.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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