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Definition of Gewgaw
1. Noun. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
Generic synonyms: Adornment
Group relationships: Trinketry
Derivative terms: Gaudy
Definition of Gewgaw
1. n. A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
2. a. Showy; unreal; pretentious.
Definition of Gewgaw
1. Noun. A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. Showy; unreal; pretentious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gewgaw
1. a showy trinket [n -S] : GEWGAWED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gewgaw
Literary usage of Gewgaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A toy, a gewgaw, a piece of festive finery ; from gaudeo, Latin, though Skinner
is inclined to derive it from the Dutch goud, gold. ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"To suppose, that when bank notes have suffered a consi- mination, if it had not
been so tricked out in the gewgaw of rhetoric and sophistry as to have ..."
3. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"... n. an animal, and his IU'e-al'i-eo, n. a bird called Baw'-ble, n. a gewgaw,
trifle. Bawd, n. a procuress. Bawd, v. Í. to procure. ..."
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