clinquant vs flounce

clinquant

noun
  • Tinsel; glitter. 

  • Dutch metal. 

adj
  • Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. 

flounce

noun
  • A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.ᵂ 

  • A row of spines, corrugations, or skin folds on the hemipenis of a snake. 

  • The act of flouncing. 

verb
  • To decorate with a flounce. 

  • To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner. 

  • To depart in a haughty, dramatic way that draws attention to oneself. 

How often have the words clinquant and flounce occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )