gewgaw
Plural: gewgaws
Noun
- A showy but useless trinket or bauble; a trifle.
- cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
- A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration.
Adj
- Showy; unreal; pretentious.
Examples
- He dismissed the low-scoring letters as mere GEWGAWS, waiting for powerful tiles.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 14
gewgaw: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgewgaw: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gewgaw: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
gewgaw: valid Words With Friends Word