paillette
noun/pælˈjɛt/ · /paɪˈjɛt/
Etymology Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.
1
A sequin or spangle.
- 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 another2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450:
- Derived terms
- pailletted