gorgeous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite dazzlingly beautiful
    • a gorgeous Victorian gown

WordNet

Gor"geous adjective
Etymology
OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge, n.
Definitions
  1. Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.
    Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge.
    Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak.
    -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n.

Webster 1913