TINSEL

I. noun see: stencil Date: 1538 threads, strips, or sheets of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations, something superficially attractive or glamorous but of little real worth , II. adjective Date: 1575 made of or covered with ~, 2. cheaply gaudy ; tawdry , specious , superficial , III. transitive verb (~ed or ~led; ~ing or ~ling) Date: 1594 to interweave, overlay, or adorn with or as if with ~, to impart a specious brightness to