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gew⋅gaw
[gyoo-gaw, goo-] 
gɔ
–noun
| something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble. |
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| gew·gaw (gyōō'gô', gōō'-) n. A decorative trinket; a bauble. [Middle English giuegaue.] |
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Gewgaw
Gew"gaw\, n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, n. See Give, and cf. Giffgaff.] A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. A heavy gewgaw called a crown. --Dryden.Gewgaw
Gew"gaw\, a. Showy; unreal; pretentious. Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. --Tennyson.
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gewgaw
c.1225, possibly a reduplication connected with O.Fr. gogue "joke, game," or jou-jou "toy," baby-talk word, from jouer "to play," from L. jocare.
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