Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gewgawed

/ˈɡjuːɡɔːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gew-gawed
IPA: /ˈɡjuːɡɔːd/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.

Example Sentences

"The inside walls would be beautifully painted and hung with tapestries, and every cross-timber or falcon's perch was carved and gewgawed with toads, snakes, dragon shapes, deer, cows, pigs, trees, trolls."

Etymology

From gewgaw + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more gewgawed (comparative) most gewgawed (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce gewgawed?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡjuːɡɔːd/.
What does gewgawed mean?: Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.
Where does gewgawed come from?: From gewgaw + -ed.

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