gewgawry en · NOUN
Etymology
From gewgaw + -ry.
Meanings
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(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: