GAWSY Definition & Meaning

gawsy

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[ gaw-see ]

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adjective

Scot. and North England.

(of people) well-dressed and of cheerful appearance.
(of things) large and handsome.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gawsy¹

First recorded in 1710–20; perhaps variant of gaudy ¹; -sy

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“Ye maun come, and bring your ladye fere; Ye sall na say me no; And ye’se mind, we have aye a bed to spare For that gawsy chield Guizot.”

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GAUCY, GAWSY, s. plump; jolly.

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We put up at Widow M'Vicar's, a relation to my first wife, a gawsy, furthy woman, taking great pleasure in hospitality.

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But Mrs M'Vicar kept a cloth shop, and sold plaidings and flannels, besides Yorkshire superfines, and was used to the sudden incoming of strangers, especially visitants, both from the West and the North Highlands, and was withal a gawsy furthy woman, taking great pleasure in hospitality, and every sort of kindliness and discretion.

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