Gorgeous /(?)/

Gor·geous

Gorgeous

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.

Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer.
— Shak.

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