gewgawed
English
Etymology
gewgaw + -ed
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡjuːɡɔːd/
Adjective
gewgawed (comparative more gewgawed, superlative most gewgawed)
- Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.
- 1972, John Gardner, Grendel (London 1972, p. 31)
- 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.
- 1972, John Gardner, Grendel (London 1972, p. 31)