Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - gorgeous
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Gorgeous
gorgeous
1. If you say that something is gorgeous, you mean that it gives you a lot of pleasure or is very attractive. (INFORMAL) ...gorgeous mountain scenery... It’s a gorgeous day... Some of the Renaissance buildings are gorgeous. = beautiful ADJ • gorgeously She has a gorgeously warm speaking voice. ADV: ADV adj/-ed 2. If you describe someone as gorgeous, you mean that you find them very sexually attractive. (INFORMAL) The cosmetics industry uses gorgeous women to sell its skincare products... All the girls in my house are mad about Ryan, they think he’s gorgeous. ADJ 3. If you describe things such as clothes and colours as gorgeous, you mean they are bright, rich, and impressive. ...a red-haired man in the gorgeous uniform of a Marshal of the Empire. ADJ: usu ADJ n • gorgeously ...gorgeously embroidered clothing. ADV: ADV adj/-ed
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1.
adjective Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French gorgias elegant, perhaps from gorgias wimple, from gorge throat Date: 15th century splendidly or showily brilliant or magnificent Synonyms: see splendid • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 richly coloured, sumptuous, magnificent. 2 colloq. very pleasant, splendid (gorgeous weather). 3 colloq. strikingly beautiful. Derivatives gorgeously adv. gorgeousness n. Etymology: earlier gorgayse, -yas f. OF gorgias fine, elegant, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. яркий; ярко окрашенный gorgeous sunset —- яркий закат the gorgeous tail of a peacock —- великолепный цветастый хвост павлина 2. витиеватый (о стиле) 3. эмоц-усил. великолепный, блестящий, превосходный gorgeous time —- великолепно проведенное время gorgeous meal —- настоящее пиршество he is perfectly gorgeous as Romeo —- он великолепен в роли Ромео 4. в грам. знач. сущ. при обращении к женщине: красавица, красотка hello, gorgeous! —- привет, красотка! ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adj. 1) великолепный, прекрасный, пышный 2) ярко расцвеченный 3) витиеватый (о стиле) Syn: see beautiful ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ adj informal 1 extremely beautiful or attractive (a gorgeous blonde | gorgeous silks) 2 extremely pleasant or enjoyable (What a gorgeous afternoon! (=warm and sunny)) - gorgeously adv - gorgeousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1495, from M.Fr. gorgias "elegant, fashionable, fond of jewelry," lit. "necklace" from O.Fr. gorge "bosom, throat," also "something adorning the throat." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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