Meaning & use

Diamante

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Decorated with small pieces of glass or crystal cut and set to resemble diamonds.

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She wore a diamante clip in her hair for the awards ceremony.

The dress was covered in diamante studs that caught the stage lights.

A note on using this word

Borrowed from French and Italian for 'diamond'; also the name of a seven-line poem form shaped like a diamond.

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Another way to use it

2. noun

A short poem of seven lines arranged in a diamond shape, often contrasting two opposite ideas.

The students wrote a diamante poem that moved from 'winter' to 'summer.'

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