Sequin

Quick meaning: Sequin is a noun meaning (now historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.

Meaning

(now historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.

More Meanings

1. (fashion) A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
2. (transitive) To decorate with sequins.

Example Sentences

Neer imagined Jane in tulle and leather and sequins and knew the answer.

‘Let him receive as many robes of honour and thousands of sequins of gold as he hath spoken words.’

His ideas of music-hall costumes had never gone beyond short skirts, a swirl of lace, and glittering sequins; but Miss Antonia had expressed herself on that subject in no uncertain terms.

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pices stamped with what looked like wisps of string or its of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck - nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection.

Word Forms

• sequins
• sequining
• sequined

Synonyms for sequin

Depending on context, synonyms include zecchin, paillette, spangle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spangle, zequeen, zequin, quattrino, quatrin, quatrino.

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