gorgeous
Americanadjective
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strikingly beautiful or magnificent
gorgeous array
a gorgeous girl
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informal extremely pleasing, fine, or good
gorgeous weather
Related Words
See magnificent.
Other Word Forms
- gorgeously adverb
- gorgeousness noun
Etymology
Origin of gorgeous
First recorded in 1490–1500; earlier gorgeouse, from Old French gorgias “fashionable, elegant,” of uncertain origin, perhaps connected to gorge “throat”; gorge
Example Sentences
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There’s tang: a gorgeous goat cheese or a Vermont Invierno, all bright edges and creamy center.
From Salon
The gorgeous score by Tchaikovsky is the same.
From Los Angeles Times
Hughes, an author and presenter from Wales, said that while Zeta-Jones was "gorgeous" it was "not the point", adding she should be free to look however she liked without her age being scrutinised.
From BBC
You did a gorgeous rendition of “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground” at your dad’s 90th birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times
And then at the very end it’s a quite shocking revelation when we look down the barrel of the camera and she’s gorgeous.
From Los Angeles Times
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