Having the quality of being like a gewgaw; characterized by cheap showiness or superficial ornamentation.
Formed from gewgaw plus the English adjectival suffix -ish, creating an adjective meaning 'somewhat gewgaw-like.' This follows the productive pattern in English of adding -ish to nouns to create descriptive adjectives.
English loves the -ish suffix for making things sound a bit dismissive and playful at once—gewgawish sounds almost contemptuous while remaining whimsical, which perfectly captures how people talk about tacky decorations!
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