Gewgaw Definition
gyo͝ogô, go͝o-
noun
Something showy but useless and of little value; trinket.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Showy but useless.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Gewgaw
Noun
Singular:
gewgaw
Plural:
gewgawsOrigin of Gewgaw
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From earlier gugaw, gygaw, from Middle English givegove (“gewgaw, trifle”), a reduplication of Middle English give, geove (“gift”), from Old English giefu, geofu, geafu (“gift”), from Proto-Germanic *gebō (“gift”). Compare Icelandic gyligjöf (“showy gifts, gewgaw”). More at give.
From Wiktionary
Middle English giuegaue
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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