Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tinsel
Participle: tinseled; tinselled
Gerund: tinseling; tinselling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tinsel |
| you | tinsel |
| he;she;it | tinsels |
| we | tinsel |
| you | tinsel |
| they | tinsel |
Perfect
| I | have tinseled; tinselled |
| you | have tinseled; tinselled |
| he;she;it | has tinseled; tinselled |
| we | have tinseled; tinselled |
| you | have tinseled; tinselled |
| they | have tinseled; tinselled |
Past
| I | tinseled; tinselled |
| you | tinseled; tinselled |
| he;she;it | tinseled; tinselled |
| we | tinseled; tinselled |
| you | tinseled; tinselled |
| they | tinseled; tinselled |
Pluperfect
| I | had tinseled; tinselled |
| you | had tinseled; tinselled |
| he;she;it | had tinseled; tinselled |
| we | had tinseled; tinselled |
| you | had tinseled; tinselled |
| they | had tinseled; tinselled |
Future
| I | will tinsel |
| you | will tinsel |
| he;she;it | will tinsel |
| we | will tinsel |
| you | will tinsel |
| they | will tinsel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tinseled; tinselled |
| you | will have tinseled; tinselled |
| he;she;it | will have tinseled; tinselled |
| we | will have tinseled; tinselled |
| you | will have tinseled; tinselled |
| they | will have tinseled; tinselled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tinsel |
| you | tinsel |
| he;she;it | tinsel |
| we | tinsel |
| you | tinsel |
| they | tinsel |
Perfect
| I | have tinseled; tinselled |
| you | have tinseled; tinselled |
| he;she;it | have tinseled; tinselled |
| we | have tinseled; tinselled |
| you | have tinseled; tinselled |
| they | have tinseled; tinselled |
Imperfect
| I | tinseled; tinselled |
| you | tinseled; tinselled |
| he;she;it | tinseled; tinselled |
| we | tinseled; tinselled |
| you | tinseled; tinselled |
| they | tinseled; tinselled |
Pluperfect
| I | had tinseled; tinselled |
| you | had tinseled; tinselled |
| he;she;it | had tinseled; tinselled |
| we | had tinseled; tinselled |
| you | had tinseled; tinselled |
| they | had tinseled; tinselled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tinsel |
| you | would tinsel |
| he;she;it | would tinsel |
| we | would tinsel |
| you | would tinsel |
| they | would tinsel |
Perfect
| I | would have tinseled; tinselled |
| you | would have tinseled; tinselled |
| he;she;it | would have tinseled; tinselled |
| we | would have tinseled; tinselled |
| you | would have tinseled; tinselled |
| they | would have tinseled; tinselled |
Imperative
| you | tinsel |
| we | Let's tinsel |
| you | tinsel |
Verbs conjugated like 'tinsel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tinsel'
diesel,
inset,
minse,
rinse,
tassel,
teasel,
tense,
tensen,
tinder,
tine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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:
2. * 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
3. * 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).
4. The English word is a doublet of scintilla, scintillate, and stencil.
5. The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun. See: French '
étinceler'.
Sample Sentences
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Hir daintie lims tinſill hir ſilke ſoft ſheets, / Hir roſe-crownd cheekes eclipſe my dazeled ſight, […] [1594, Tho[mas] Nashe, “The Vnfortunate Traueller”, in The Vnfortunate Traueller. Or, The Life of Iacke Wilton, London: […] T. Scarlet for C[uthbert] Burby, […], →OCLC:]
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And all the ſhrubs, vvith ſparkling ſpangles, ſhevv / Like Morning-Sun-ſhine tinsilling the devv. [1648, Robert Herrick, “The Apparition of His Mistresse Calling Him to Elizium”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 240:]
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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. [1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, page 5, lines 69–72:]
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[…] and yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind. [1848 June 28, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Before the Curtain”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], →OCLC, page vii:]
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I could tell them vague tales of their poetry, and cruel wars: but it seemed distant and tinselled an age. [1926, T. E. Lawrence, chapter 105, in Seven Pillars of Wisdom:]