See gewgaw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"1": "is",
"2": "gyligjöf",
"3": "",
"4": "showy gifts, gewgaw"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic gyligjöf (“showy gifts, gewgaw”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "gewgaw (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1678, Dryden, John, All for Love, Scene II:",
"text": "The rattle of a globe to play withal,\nThis gewgaw world, and put him cheaply off;",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Maud; A Monodrama, X, stanza 1:",
"text": "Seeing his gewgaw castle shine,\nNew as his title, built last year.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Showy; unreal; pretentious."
],
"links": [
[
"Showy",
"showy"
],
[
"unreal",
"unreal"
],
[
"pretentious",
"pretentious"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡjuːɡɔː/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡuɡɔ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-gewgaw.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/En-us-gewgaw.ogg/En-us-gewgaw.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/En-us-gewgaw.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gewgawish"
},
{
"word": "geegaw"
},
{
"word": "gew-gaw"
},
{
"word": "gee-gaw"
}
],
"word": "gewgaw"
}
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