tinsel

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade.

   “Firſt, the hethermoſt, in the changeable blew, and greene robe, is the commendably-faſhioned gallant, Evcosmos; […] The fourth, in watchet tinſell, is the kind, and truly benefique, Evcolos.”

2. isim A very thin, gauzelike cloth with gold or silver (or, later, copper) thread woven into it, or overlaid with thin metal plates.

   “I know in that more ſubtil Air of yours Tinſel ſometimes paſſes for Tiſſue, Venice Beads for Pearl, and Demicaſters for Bevers; But I know you have ſo diſcerning a Judgment, that you will not ſuffer your ſelf to be ſo cheated, […]”

3. isim A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.

   “O! it is divine and moſt admirable, and ſo farre beyond all that ever he publiſhed heretofore, as day-light beyond candle-light, or tinſell or leafe-gold above arſedine; […]”

4. isim Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.

   “Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, / And all her ſteed with tinſell trappings ſhone, / Which fledd ſo faſt, that nothing mote him hold, / And ſcarſe them leaſure gaue, her paſſing to behold.”

5. sıfat Of fabric: ornamented by being woven with gold or silver thread, or overlaid with thin metal plates; brocaded.

   “Liſten and appeare to us / In the name of great Oceanus, / […] / By Leucothea’s lovely hands, / And her ſon that rules the ſtrands, / By Thetis tinſel-ſlipper’d feet; […]”

6. sıfat Glittering.

   “Baſes and tinſel Trappings, gorgious Knights / At Jouſt and Touneament; then marſhal'd Feaſt / Serv'd up in Hall with Sewers, and Seneſhals; […]”

7. sıfat Apparently beautiful and costly but having little value; superficially attractive; gaudy, showy, tawdry.
8. fiil To ornament (fabric, etc.) by weaving into it thread of gold, silver, or some other shiny material.

   “Hir daintie lims tinſill hir ſilke ſoft ſheets, / Hir roſe-crownd cheekes eclipſe my dazeled ſight, […]”

9. fiil To deck out (a place or something) with showy but cheap ornaments; to make gaudy.

   “She, tinſel'd o'er in robes of varying hues, / With ſelf-applauſe her wild creation views, / Sees momentary monſters riſe and fall, / And with her own fools-colours gilds them all.”

10. fiil To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness.

    “I could tell them vague tales of their poetry, and cruel wars: but it seemed distant and tinselled an age.”

11. isim Damage, detriment; loss.
12. isim Deprivation; forfeiture.
13. fiil To cause (someone) damage or loss; also, to impose a fine on (someone); to mulct.