gorgeous
AdjectiveUS[gawr-juhs]/ˈɡɔrdʒəs/2 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Gor′geous adjective
Origin: OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge, noun
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.
Cloud-land, gorgeous land.— Samuel T. Coleridge
Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer.— William Shakespeare
— Gor′wb-a1′>′geous·ly, adverb — Gor′wb-a1′>′geous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54