gorgeous
Sumptuously dressed.
Adjective 2 meanings
Sumptuously dressed.
Very beautiful.
“All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous.”
Etymology
From Middle English gorgeouse, a borrowing from Middle French gorgias (“elegant, fashionable”), from Old French gourgias, gorgias (“gorgeous, gaudy, flaunting, gallant, fine”), of uncertain origin, but apparently connected with Old French gorgias (“a gorget, ruffle for the neck”), from Old French gorge (“bosom, throat”).
GORGEOUS at a glance
GORGEOUS has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (G 2 + O 1 + R 1 + G 2 + E 1 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,869 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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