trivial thing; cheap toy; useless ornament
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Gewgaw Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
(a.)
Showy; unreal; pretentious.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutShowy; unreal; pretentious.
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.
gewgaw
\gew"gaw\, a. showy; unreal; pretentious. seeing his gewgaw castle shine.
gewgaw
n : cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing [syn: bangle, bauble, gaud, novelty, fallal, trinket]
Noun
1. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
(synonym) bangle, bauble, gaud, novelty, fallal, trinket
(hypernym) adornment
