Meaning

1 senses

  1. To decorate with sequins.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Her black dress was adorned with sequins.

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  2. That color sequin is too ugly for my dress.

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Origin

Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سِكَّ

Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of zecchin.

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Forms

sequins, sequining, sequined, sequined
Base formsequin · to sequin
3rd person singularsequins
Present participlesequining
Past simplesequined
Past participlesequined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysequin
he, she, itsequins

Past simpleLesson

all personssequined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sequined
he, she, ithas sequined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sequin

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sequentialsequestersequestrationsequoiaserenadeserendipity
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