Definitions
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Word origin
From earlier gugaw, gygaw, from Middle English givegove (“gewgaw, trifle”), a reduplication of Middle English give, geove (“gift”), from Old English giefu, geofu, geafu (“gift”), from Proto-Germanic *gebō (“gift”). Compare Icelandic gyligjöf (“showy gifts, gewgaw”). More at give.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“The rattle of a globe to play withal, This gewgaw world, and put him cheaply off;”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Showy trinket”6 letters
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