gewgawry

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From gewgaw +‎ -ry.

Noun[edit]

gewgawry (uncountable)

  1. Gaudiness; ornamentation, show.
    • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 272:
      [R]eligion […] here consists almost entirely of external show and gewgawry, of bowings, courtesies, and various gesticulations […] .
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