Definitions for: Gewgaw


[n] cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing



Webster (1913) Definition: Gew"gaw, n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the
same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated
form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and
E. gaud, n. See Give, and cf. Giffgaff.]
A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but
worthless bauble.

A heavy gewgaw called a crown. --Dryden.


Gew"gaw, a.
Showy; unreal; pretentious.

Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. --Tennyson.

Synonyms: bangle, bauble, fallal, gaud, novelty, trinket

See Also: stuff, sundries, sundry, whatchamacallit, whatsis

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