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单词 gawish
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gawishadj.

Etymology: ? gaw v. + -ish suffix1. In all the examples, conceivably a misprint for gawrish , garish ; but the occurrence of gaw v. in Drant confirms the reading in the first quot.
Obsolete.
Staring, gaping; showy, gaudy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]
fine1526
garish1545
flaunting1567
gawish1567
taffety1597
showful1607
flaming1609
flaring1610
over-brave1620
showish1675
rantingc1685
gaudy1709
showy1712
tinselled1738
kicky1790
flaunty1796
flashy1801
slangish1813
florid1815
tigerish1831
flash1836
flary1841
loud1850
flashy-looking1852
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
flagrant1858
jingo1859
cheesy1863
orchidaceous1864
flamboyant1879
vociferous1883
voyant1906
grandstanding1908
floozy1911
ritzy1919
like a (or the) dog's dinner1927
plush horse1936
kitsch1953
zazzy1961
pizzazz1969
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > staring or gazing
gloringa1400
staring1483
glowering?a1513
gazing1553
gauring1558
gawish1567
gazeful1595
gawking1817
gazy1883
whole-eyed1911
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Gvjv A gawishe sort gredie to gase Not gredie to be tawght.
1567 J. Sanford tr. Epictetus Man. 11 a What is our life? a gawish game, a sweete delighting play.
1589 L. Wright Display of Dutie 41 Your attyre..not gawish, but godly: as beseemeth Christianitie.
1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. K3v The minde is set vpon fashions, fangles, & gawish cloathes, now one, and then an other.
1616 T. Adams Dis. Soule 65 A gawish Traueller that came to Sparta, who standing in the presence of Lacon a long time vpon one leg, that he might be obserued & admired, cryed at the last, ‘O Lacon, thou’ [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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