English
gewgawed
From gewgaw + -ed.
A compound of gewgaw + -ed
Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give, move’
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Proto-West Germanic *gebu
Old English giefu
Middle English give
Middle English givegove ‘gewgaw, trifle’
English gewgaw
Today it means
adj Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gewgawed