Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dressed out or adorned with gewgaws or showy trifles.
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- adjective Covered in or decorated with
gewgaws .
Etymologies
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From gewgaw.
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Examples
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The vampire clan in Twilight even has elevated taste in architecture — no gewgawed McMansion for them!
The Twilight Zone Wolcott, James 2008
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The first arose from a feeling that every dollar spent in the interest of art (!) should be so gewgawed to the outer world that all who passed might note the costliness and wonder.
The Complete Home Oliver R. [Contributor] Williamson 1907
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