gewgaw
UK /ˈɡjuːɡɔː/ US /ˈɡuɡɔ/
noun 1adj 1
Definitions
noun
1
A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration.
A heavy gewgaw called a crown.
It was a Saxon ornament. […] Some Puritan, before his departure, may have thought himself doing God service by filching the old golden gewgaw.
adj
1
Showy; unreal; pretentious.
The rattle of a globe to play withal, This gewgaw world, and put him cheaply off;
Seeing his gewgaw castle shine, New as his title, built last year.
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