gewgawed

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English

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Etymology

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gewgaw +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gewgawed (comparative more gewgawed, superlative most gewgawed)

  1. Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.
    • 1972, John Gardner, Grendel, London, page 31:
      The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon's perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls.