sequin
noun/ˈsiːkwɪn/
/ˈsiːkwɪn/
- a small round shiny disc sewn onto clothing as decoration
- a dress covered in gold sequins
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to a Venetian gold coin): from French, from Italian zecchino, from zecca ‘a mint’, from Arabic sikka ‘a die for coining’. The current sense dates from the late 19th cent.Definitions on the go
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