gorgeous

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  1. adjective Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent: wore a gorgeous Victorian gown.
  2. adjective Characterized by magnificence or virtuosic brilliance: the pianist's gorgeous technique.
  3. adjective Informal Wonderful; delightful.

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lovely ·  gaudy ·  vivid ·  fantastic ·  costly ·  dazzle ·  scarlet ·  superb ·  gay ·  sumptuous
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  1. Middle English gorgeouse, probably from Old French gorgias, jewelry-loving, elegant, from gorge, throat; see gorge.

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  1. Formerly also gorgious; with accommodation termination -eous, from Old French gorgias, gourgias, gorgeous, gaudy, flaunting, gallant, gay, fine; apparently from or connected with gorgias, a gorget, a ruff for the neck, from gorge, the throat, the upper part of the breast: see gorge. Cf. French se rengorger, German sich brüsten, literally ‘breast oneself,’ bridle up, assume airs of importance.
 

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/ˈgɔrdʒəs/
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