gewgawry

gewgawry

English

Etymology

From gewgaw +‎ -ry.

Noun

gewgawry (uncountable)

1. Gaudiness; ornamentation, show.
   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 272:

     [R]eligion […] here consists almost entirely of external show and gewgawry, of bowings, courtesies, and various gesticulations […] .