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(Anglès)

Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/

Heretat de anglès mitjà

Cognat amb anglès

In summary

Unknown, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, from *gʰew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.