garish

(Inglés)

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

Frecuencia

44k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/
Etimología (Inglés)

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.

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