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gus⋅sy

  [guhs-ee] verb, -sied, -sy⋅ing. Informal.
–verb (used with object)
1. to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually fol. by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
–verb (used without object)
2. to dress in one's best clothes (usually fol. by up): to gussy up for the ball.
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Origin:
1935–40; of obscure orig.
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Gus⋅sie

  [guhs-ee]
–noun
a female given name, form of Augusta.
Also, Gussy.
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gus·sy   (gŭs'ē)   
tr.v.   gus·sied, gus·sy·ing, gus·sies Slang
To dress or decorate elaborately; adorn or embellish: gussied herself up in sequins and feathers.

[Perhaps from Australian slang gussie, an effeminate man, from Gussie, diminutive of the personal name Augustus.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

gussy  (v.)
"to dress up or decorate in a showy way," 1952, Amer.Eng. slang, apparently from Gussy (1940), schoolyard slang name for an overly dressed person, perhaps related to gussie (1901) "effeminate man," and somehow connected to the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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