What does gewgaw mean?
Gewgaw means A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration..
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/ˈɡjuːɡɔː/ · noun
A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration..
“I am not of the neighbourhood,” said Mallow, calmly, “but the matter is irrelevant. I have had the honour to send you a little gift yesterday ——” [¶] The tech-man’s nose lifted. “I received it. An interesting gewgaw. I may have use for it on occasion.” [¶] I have other and more interesting gifts. Quite out of the gewgaw stage.”
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.
You or I may well view our desire to push buttons and order new electronic gewgaws as the mere reflex spasms of consumerism, but to this dynamic duo the future of the earth depends on our instant gratification more than anything else.
The rattle of a globe to play withal, This gewgaw world, and put him cheaply off;
Seeing his gewgaw castle shine, New as his title, built last year.
Use gewgaw when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gewgaw means A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration..
Common synonyms include gewgawish, fallal, bauble, trinket.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“I am not of the neighbourhood,” said Mallow, calmly, “but the matter is irrelevant. I have had the honour to send you a little gift yesterday ——” [¶] The tech-man’s nose lifted. “I received it. An interesting gewgaw. I may have use for it on occasion.” [¶] I have other and more interesting gifts. Quite out of the gewgaw stage.”
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