Gewgawed
//ˈɡjuːɡɔːd// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.
"The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon's perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls."
Example
More examples"The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon's perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls."
Etymology
From gewgaw + -ed.
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