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gewgawed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡjuːɡɔːd/

Etymology

From gewgaw + -ed.

Meanings

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:

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