gorgeous

English

Etymology

From Middle English gorgeouse, a borrowing from Middle French gorgias (“elegant, fashionable”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French gourgias, gorgias (“gorgeous, gaudy, flaunting, gallant, fine”), of uncertain origin, but apparently connected with Old French gorgias (“a gorget, ruffle for the neck”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French gorge (“bosom, throat”). See gorge. Semantic evolution probably akin to "swelling of the throat or bosom due to pride, bridling up" to "assume an air of importance, flaunting".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːdʒəs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɹdʒəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dʒəs

Adjective

gorgeous (comparative more gorgeous, superlative most gorgeous)

1. (of a person or place) very beautiful.

   All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous.

   The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous.

2. (rare) Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty, etc.

   Hummus is absolutely gorgeous.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:beautiful

Derived terms

• gorgeously
• gorgeousness

Translations

very beautiful

• Azerbaijani: möhtəşəm (az)
• Catalan: esplèndit, magnífic (ca), maquíssim (aplicat a persones).
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 華麗／华丽 (zh) (huálì), 华丽 (zh) (huálì), 絢爛／绚烂 (zh) (xuànlàn), 绚烂 (zh) (xuànlàn)

• Finnish: upea (fi), hulppea
• French: magnifique (fr)
• German: fantastisch (de), großartig (de), herrlich (de), hinreißend (de), prachtvoll (de), sagenhaft (de), toll (de) (coll.), traumhaft, umwerfend (de) (coll.), wunderschön (de)
• Greek: υπέροχος (el) (ypérochos)
• Haitian Creole: mayifik
• Hungarian: bámulatos (hu), káprázatos (hu)
• Icelandic: gullfallegur (is)
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• Indonesian: anggun (id)
• Irish: álainn, aoibhinn, galánta
• Italian: magnifico (it) m, splendido (it) m, favoloso (it) m, stupendo (it) m
• Korean: 화려한 (hwalyeohan)
• Latvian: krāšņs, grezns
• Manx: stoamagh, stoamey
• Norwegian: smellvakker
• Polish: przepiękny (pl)
• Portuguese: magnífico (pt) m, lindíssimo m
• Romanian: magnific (ro) m or n, splendid (ro) m or n, superb (ro) m
• Russian: великоле́пный (ru) (velikolépnyj), прекра́сный (ru) (prekrásnyj)
• Sanskrit: वपुष (sa) (vapuṣa)
• Spanish: guapísimo
• Turkish: debdebeli (tr), görkemli (tr), göz kamaştırıcı, harikulade (tr), muhteşem (tr)

See also

• gorge