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Garishly

[gair-ish, gar-] Origin

gar·ish

[gair-ish, gar-]
adjective
1.
crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
2.
excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings.
3.
dressed in or ornamented with bright colors.
4.
excessively bright; glaring.

Origin:
1535–45; earlier gaurish, perhaps equivalent to obsolete gaure to stare (Middle English gauren < Old Norse ) + -ish1

gar·ish·ly, adverb
gar·ish·ness, noun


1. loud, tawdry. See gaudy1.

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garish (ˈɡɛərɪʃ)
 
adj
gay or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; gaudy
 
[C16: from earlier gaure to stare + -ish]
 
'garishly
 
adv
 
'garishness
 
n

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garish
1545, possibly from M.E. gawren "to stare," which is of unknown origin, perhaps from O.N. gaurr "rough fellow."
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