Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which induces gaping or staring; a cause of ignorant wonder or astonishment; a popular marvel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any strange sight.
- noun A person who looks or stares gapingly.
- noun to stare idly or in idle wonderment, instead of attending to business.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something to be
gaped at; any strangesight .
Etymologies
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gape + seed
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Examples
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For she was not slow to discover that exhibitions, which were merely fashionable gapeseed to her niece, were to Nuttie real delights, viewed intelligently, and eliciting comments and questions that Lady
Nuttie's Father Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
whichbe commented on the word gapeseed
Anything that causes stares; or someone who stares.
May 16, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word gapeseed
JM asked at the nursery for some gapeseeds and they just stared at him
March 8, 2009