Etymograph

English

tinselwork

From tinsel + -work.

Formed from tinsel + -work

Middle English tinsel ‘cloth containing gold or silver thread’

English tinsel

Today it means

noun Items or ornaments made from tinsel.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tinselwork”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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