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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