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Webster 1913 Edition

Gewgaw

Gew′gaw

,
Noun.
[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
,
Noun.
See
Give
, and cf.
Giffgaff
.]
A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.

Syn. – knicknack; bauble; tschotschke.
A heavy
gewgaw
called a crown.
Dryden.

Gew′gaw

,
Adj.
Showy; unreal; pretentious.
Seeing his
gewgaw
castle shine.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gewgaw

GEW'GAW

,
Noun.
A showy trifle; a pretty thing of little worth; a toy; a bauble; a splendid plaything.
A heavy gewgaw, called a crown.

GEW'GAW

,
Adj.
Showy without value.

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