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Webster 1913 Edition

(gâr′ĭsh)

Adj.

[Cf. OE.

gauren

to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf.

Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.

“The garish sun.” “A garish flag.”

Shak.

“In . . . garish colors.”

Asham.

“The garish day.”

J. H. Newman.

Garish

like the laughters of drunkenness.

Jer. Taylor.

Gay to extravagance; flighty.

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Gar′ish-ly

adv.

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Gar′ish-ness

Noun.

Jer. Taylor.

[See Gairish.]