Tuesday word: Gewgaw
Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023
Gewgaw (noun)
gew·gaw [gyoo-gaw, goo-]
noun
1. something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
Also gee·gaw [jee-gaw, gee-].
OTHER WORDS FROM GEWGAW
gewgawed, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO GEWGAW
bauble, trifle, trinket, bagatelle, bibelot, gaud, gimcrack, item, knickknack, memento, souvenir, toy, whatnot, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, objet d'art
See synonyms for: gewgaw / gewgaws on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1175-1225; Middle English giuegaue; gradational compound of uncertain origin; perhaps akin to Middle French, French gogo (see (à) gogo)
HOW TO USE GEWGAW IN A SENTENCE
Here again the gewgaw of royal parade was intended to entrap the admiration of the ignorant.
SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND, FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE THE THIRD TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE THE FOURTH, VOLUME I (OF 2)|LADY ANNE HAMILTON
Compare it for a moment with the gewgaw skimble-skamble diplomatic sensationalism with which we have been presented since.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, VOLUME 36, NOVEMBER 1879|VARIOUS
Some of them have been won by a mess of pottage, a mere bauble or a gewgaw.
PRISONS AND PRAYER: OR A LABOR OF LOVE|ELIZABETH RYDER WHEATON
Patient investigation reveals a lacquered toilet-box with a mirror under the lid, a cheap and nasty gewgaw.
'NEATH VERDUN, AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1914|MAURICE GENEVOIX
Gewgaw (noun)
gew·gaw [gyoo-gaw, goo-]
noun
1. something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
Also gee·gaw [jee-gaw, gee-].
OTHER WORDS FROM GEWGAW
gewgawed, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO GEWGAW
bauble, trifle, trinket, bagatelle, bibelot, gaud, gimcrack, item, knickknack, memento, souvenir, toy, whatnot, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, objet d'art
See synonyms for: gewgaw / gewgaws on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1175-1225; Middle English giuegaue; gradational compound of uncertain origin; perhaps akin to Middle French, French gogo (see (à) gogo)
HOW TO USE GEWGAW IN A SENTENCE
Here again the gewgaw of royal parade was intended to entrap the admiration of the ignorant.
SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND, FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE THE THIRD TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE THE FOURTH, VOLUME I (OF 2)|LADY ANNE HAMILTON
Compare it for a moment with the gewgaw skimble-skamble diplomatic sensationalism with which we have been presented since.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, VOLUME 36, NOVEMBER 1879|VARIOUS
Some of them have been won by a mess of pottage, a mere bauble or a gewgaw.
PRISONS AND PRAYER: OR A LABOR OF LOVE|ELIZABETH RYDER WHEATON
Patient investigation reveals a lacquered toilet-box with a mirror under the lid, a cheap and nasty gewgaw.
'NEATH VERDUN, AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1914|MAURICE GENEVOIX