gewgaw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gewgaw	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for gewgaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gewgaw n cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gewgaw \Gew"gaw\, n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, n. See {Give}, and cf. {Giffgaff}.] A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. A heavy gewgaw called a crown. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gewgaw \Gew"gaw\, a. Showy; unreal; pretentious. Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. --Tennyson.