gewgawed

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/ˈɡjuːɡɔːd/

adjective

Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.

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Meanings

adjectivegewgawed (comparative more gewgawed, superlative most gewgawed)

comparative more gewgawed · superlative most gewgawed

  1. Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.

    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.

    1972, John Gardner, Grendel, London, page 31

Origin

From gewgaw + -ed.

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APA

gewgawed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gewgawed

MLA

“gewgawed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gewgawed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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