gorgeous
adjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɡɔːd͡ʒəs//
- United States//ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs//
- Australia//ˈɡoːd͡ʒəs//
- Scotland//ˈɡɔɾd͡ʒəs//
Sumptuously dressed.
adjective
- 1
Sumptuously dressed.
Two or three of them wore polished silk hats, elaborate shirt-fronts, diamond breastpins, kid gloves, and patent-leather boots...The others were more or less loosely clad...One of the gorgeous ones remarked...
- 2
Very beautiful.
All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous.
The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous.
Carmiesha "Lil' Muddah" Vernoy had been with me since back in the day. She was more than a dime piece. She was drop-dead gorgeous and had the best pussy in the world.
- 3
rareVery enjoyable, pleasant, tasty, etc.
Hummus is 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”). See gorge. Semantic evolution probably akin to "swelling of the throat or bosom due to pride, bridling up" to "assume an air of importance, flaunting".
Forms
- comparative
- more gorgeous
- superlative
- most gorgeous