Paillette

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pælˈjÉ›t/, /paɪˈjÉ›t/

Origin

From French paillette, from paille ‘straw’ + -ette.

Full definition of paillette

Noun

1. A sequin or spangle.
• 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 450:A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another----