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gewgawry en · NOUN

Etymology

From gewgaw + -ry.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Gaudiness; ornamentation, show.
    • [R]eligion […] here consists almost entirely of external show and gewgawry, of bowings, courtesies, and various gesticulations […]. 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 272: