gorgeousness

[gawr-juhs]

gor·geous

[gawr-juhs]
adjective
1.
splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
2.
Informal. extremely good, enjoyable, or pleasant: I had a gorgeous time.

Origin:
1490–1500; earlier gorgeouse < Old French gorgias fashionable, elegant (< ?); see -ous

gor·geous·ly, adverb
gor·geous·ness, noun


1. rich, superb, grand; brilliant, resplendent, glittering, dazzling. See magnificent.


1. poor, plain.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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gorgeous (ˈɡɔːdʒəs)
 
adj
1.  strikingly beautiful or magnificent: gorgeous array; a gorgeous girl
2.  informal extremely pleasing, fine, or good: gorgeous weather
 
[C15: from Old French gorgias elegant, from gorgias wimple, from gorge; see gorge]
 
'gorgeously
 
adv
 
'gorgeousness
 
n

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