Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gorgeous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gorgeous \Gor"geous\, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain,
luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F.
gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. {Gorge},
n.]
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;
magnificent.

Cloud-land, gorgeous land. --Coleridge.

Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. --Shak.
-- {Gor"geous*ly}, adv. -- {Gor"geous*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

gorgeous
adj : dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown"

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