garishadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡɛːrɪʃ/,

/ˈɡarɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɡɛrɪʃ/

Forms: 1500s gaurish, gawrish, gaerishe, 1500s–1600s garishe, 1600s garrishe, 1500s– garish, (1800s gairish).

Etymology: The early spellings gaurish , gawrish , suggest derivation < gaure v. to stare (compare garing-stocke, variant gawring-stock = gazing-stock). The suffix -ish suffix¹, however, is rarely appended to verb-stems, and it is doubtful whether any certain instance occurs so early as the 16th cent.

1. Of dress, ornament, ceremonial, etc.: Obtrusively or vulgarly bright in colour, showy, gaudy.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]

fine1526

garish1545

flaunting1567

gawish1567

taffety1597

showful1607

flaming1609

flaring1610

over-brave1620

showish1675

rantingc1685

gaudy1709

showy1712

tinselled1738

kicky1790

flaunty1796

flashy1801

slangish1813

florid1815

tigerish1831

flash1836

flary1841

loud1850

flashy-looking1852

splurgy1852

cheesy1858

flagrant1858

jingo1859

cheesy1863

orchidaceous1864

flamboyant1879

vociferous1883

voyant1906

grandstanding1908

floozy1911

ritzy1919

like a (or the) dog's dinner1927

plush horse1936

kitsch1953

zazzy1961

pizzazz1969

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective]

rankOE

peacockly?a1425

ruffling1531

garish1545

peacockish1551

peacock-like1576

ostentatious1590

fastuous?1591

flaring1593

flantitanting1596

ostentive1599

ostentative1601

showful1607

flourishable1614

flourishing1616

flaunting1624

ostentous1624

ostentatory1638

swasha1640

fanfaron1670

paradeful1748

ostensible1782

epideictic1790

fandangous1797

flashy1801

affiché1818

show-off1818

splashing1820

flaunty1825

splash-and-dash1830

pretentious1832

flash1836

splashy1836

pretenceful1841

swanky1842

peacocky1844

fantysheeny1847

splurgy1852

cheesy1858

pretensivea1868

duchessy1870

swagger1879

lavish1882

splurging1884

show-offy1890

razzmatazz1900

show-offish1903

whoop-de-do1904

Ritz1908

split-arse1917

swanking1918

ritzy1919

fantoosh1920

knock-me-down1922

showboating1936

showboat1939

hellzapoppin'1945

zazzy1961

glitzy1966

sploshy1966

zhuzhy1968

noncy1989

bling1999

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. B.vii Such as..seake..the abhominable, and..garysshe settynge furth of theyr mortall carcases.

1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. B3 The better sort, that modest are, Whome garish pompe, doth not infect.

1618 E. Elton Complaint Sanctified Sinner ii. 27 That apparell, haply..too garish for the fashion.

1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xv. 205 The garish service of the Masse.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 4 She will never be light and garish..in her attire.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 410 By this Vertue [sc. humility] we are inclined to despise our selves, and to leave all the garish Ornaments of Earthly bliss.

1756 Demi-Rep. 21 Nor garish dress corrupt the female mind.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 150 Looking about..with a vacant air, that showed her insensibility to the garish scene.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xvi. 60 The world's gay garish feast.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 44 Garish beads, and glittering trinkets, were bought at any price.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xvii. 161 Hymen..exchanged his garish saffron coloured robe for decent temporary mourning.

figurative.1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 80 The ceremonial part, which led the Jewes as children through corporal and garish rudiments.1885 ‘E. Garrett’ At Any Cost xvii. 300 What a discord her appearance would have struck in his garish, rapid life.

a. Of colour: Excessively bright, glaring.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > garish

violenta1522

garisha1568

savage1706

raw1763

criard1840

tranchant1841

flagrant1858

blaring1866

criant1876

screamy1882

screaming1883

raucous1919

shrieking1958

shrill1973

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 15 Som new disguised garment..fond in facion, or gaurish in colour.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. V3^v All the most light, garish, and vnseemely colours.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. ix. 320 The colours were all too fresh and garish for the meek dejection of her eye.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White ii. ii. 170 All of light garish colours.

b. of light (day, the sun, etc.).

ΘΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of or relating to sunlight > bright with or characterized by sunshine > excessively bright

garish1599

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 25 That all the world will be in loue with night, And pay no worship to the garish Sun.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 42 Hide me from Day's garish eie.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. i. 3 There seems to be something in the garish splendour of a bright sunshine.

1834 J. H. Newman in Brit. Mag. Feb. 153 I loved the garish day.

1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 16 Lydia shrank from the morning hours and the garish sunshine.

3. Adorned to excess; too highly coloured or decorated.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > excessively ornamented

garish1587

fantasticc1616

scrolloping1923

pansified1929

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 25^v Not forcing stately builded bowres, nor gallant garish tentes.

1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iv. i. 71 What fooles are men to build a garish tombe, Onely to save the carcasse whilst it rots.

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B4^v Wisdome not all, in euery garish Bird, Shrewdly suspect.

1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xi. 127 His essays..did not produce equal effect at first with more garish writings of..less value.

1858 C. Dickens Let. 15 Sept. (1995) VIII. 660 All sorts of garish Triumphal arches were put up.

1887 Times 27 Aug. 10/2 They are spoiling..the banks of the Grand Canal with enormous and countless garish signboards.

†4. Wanting in self-restraint, flighty. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

wild-headeda1400

skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

light-headed1549

humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

fangled1587

humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

capricious1605

humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

whimsy1637

toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

maggotish1693

maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living ii. §2. 70 Temperance is accompanied with gravity of deportment: greedinesse is garish, and rejoyces loosely at the sight of dainties.

1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus §49. 50 Blurting out any garish foolery that comes into their mind.

1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 523 Fame and Glory..makes the Mind loose, and garish.

†5. adv. = garishly adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adverb] > in specific way

to (also into, unto) one's (also the) shirtc1300

in or of (a) suitc1325

in ragsa1350

in (also on) one's shirtc1380

in suit of or with1389

thinlya1400

in suit with1488

finely?1552

raggedly1552

smoothly1579

garish1590

briskly1592

in one's waistcoat1607

in mourning1621

in cuerpoa1640

in gala1757

airily1768

plain1808

in mufti1816

in, on one's stocking-soles1827

seedily1837

in beaver1840

back to front1869

dowdily1887

dossily1903

head-to-toe1946

sharp1951

sharply1965

understatedly1972

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. D4^v If any aske why thou art clad so garish: Say thou art dubd the forehorse of the parish.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	garish
释义	garishadj.¹ Brit. /ˈɡɛːrɪʃ/, /ˈɡarɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡɛrɪʃ/ Forms: 1500s gaurish, gawrish, gaerishe, 1500s–1600s garishe, 1600s garrishe, 1500s– garish, (1800s gairish). Etymology: The early spellings gaurish , gawrish , suggest derivation < gaure v. to stare (compare garing-stocke, variant gawring-stock = gazing-stock). The suffix -ish suffix¹, however, is rarely appended to verb-stems, and it is doubtful whether any certain instance occurs so early as the 16th cent. 1. Of dress, ornament, ceremonial, etc.: Obtrusively or vulgarly bright in colour, showy, gaudy. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective] fine1526 garish1545 flaunting1567 gawish1567 taffety1597 showful1607 flaming1609 flaring1610 over-brave1620 showish1675 rantingc1685 gaudy1709 showy1712 tinselled1738 kicky1790 flaunty1796 flashy1801 slangish1813 florid1815 tigerish1831 flash1836 flary1841 loud1850 flashy-looking1852 splurgy1852 cheesy1858 flagrant1858 jingo1859 cheesy1863 orchidaceous1864 flamboyant1879 vociferous1883 voyant1906 grandstanding1908 floozy1911 ritzy1919 like a (or the) dog's dinner1927 plush horse1936 kitsch1953 zazzy1961 pizzazz1969 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] rankOE peacockly?a1425 ruffling1531 garish1545 peacockish1551 peacock-like1576 ostentatious1590 fastuous?1591 flaring1593 flantitanting1596 ostentive1599 ostentative1601 showful1607 flourishable1614 flourishing1616 flaunting1624 ostentous1624 ostentatory1638 swasha1640 fanfaron1670 paradeful1748 ostensible1782 epideictic1790 fandangous1797 flashy1801 affiché1818 show-off1818 splashing1820 flaunty1825 splash-and-dash1830 pretentious1832 flash1836 splashy1836 pretenceful1841 swanky1842 peacocky1844 fantysheeny1847 splurgy1852 cheesy1858 pretensivea1868 duchessy1870 swagger1879 lavish1882 splurging1884 show-offy1890 razzmatazz1900 show-offish1903 whoop-de-do1904 Ritz1908 split-arse1917 swanking1918 ritzy1919 fantoosh1920 knock-me-down1922 showboating1936 showboat1939 hellzapoppin'1945 zazzy1961 glitzy1966 sploshy1966 zhuzhy1968 noncy1989 bling1999 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. B.vii Such as..seake..the abhominable, and..garysshe settynge furth of theyr mortall carcases. 1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. B3 The better sort, that modest are, Whome garish pompe, doth not infect. 1618 E. Elton Complaint Sanctified Sinner ii. 27 That apparell, haply..too garish for the fashion. 1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xv. 205 The garish service of the Masse. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 4 She will never be light and garish..in her attire. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 410 By this Vertue [sc. humility] we are inclined to despise our selves, and to leave all the garish Ornaments of Earthly bliss. 1756 Demi-Rep. 21 Nor garish dress corrupt the female mind. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 150 Looking about..with a vacant air, that showed her insensibility to the garish scene. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xvi. 60 The world's gay garish feast. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 44 Garish beads, and glittering trinkets, were bought at any price. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xvii. 161 Hymen..exchanged his garish saffron coloured robe for decent temporary mourning. figurative.1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 80 The ceremonial part, which led the Jewes as children through corporal and garish rudiments.1885 ‘E. Garrett’ At Any Cost xvii. 300 What a discord her appearance would have struck in his garish, rapid life. 2. a. Of colour: Excessively bright, glaring. ΘΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > garish violenta1522 garisha1568 savage1706 raw1763 criard1840 tranchant1841 flagrant1858 blaring1866 criant1876 screamy1882 screaming1883 raucous1919 shrieking1958 shrill1973 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 15 Som new disguised garment..fond in facion, or gaurish in colour. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. V3^v All the most light, garish, and vnseemely colours. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. ix. 320 The colours were all too fresh and garish for the meek dejection of her eye. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White ii. ii. 170 All of light garish colours. b. of light (day, the sun, etc.). ΘΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of or relating to sunlight > bright with or characterized by sunshine > excessively bright garish1599 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 25 That all the world will be in loue with night, And pay no worship to the garish Sun. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 42 Hide me from Day's garish eie. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. i. 3 There seems to be something in the garish splendour of a bright sunshine. 1834 J. H. Newman in Brit. Mag. Feb. 153 I loved the garish day. 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 16 Lydia shrank from the morning hours and the garish sunshine. 3. Adorned to excess; too highly coloured or decorated. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > excessively ornamented garish1587 fantasticc1616 scrolloping1923 pansified1929 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 25^v Not forcing stately builded bowres, nor gallant garish tentes. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iv. i. 71 What fooles are men to build a garish tombe, Onely to save the carcasse whilst it rots. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. B4^v Wisdome not all, in euery garish Bird, Shrewdly suspect. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xi. 127 His essays..did not produce equal effect at first with more garish writings of..less value. 1858 C. Dickens Let. 15 Sept. (1995) VIII. 660 All sorts of garish Triumphal arches were put up. 1887 Times 27 Aug. 10/2 They are spoiling..the banks of the Grand Canal with enormous and countless garish signboards. †4. Wanting in self-restraint, flighty. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living ii. §2. 70 Temperance is accompanied with gravity of deportment: greedinesse is garish, and rejoyces loosely at the sight of dainties. 1656 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus §49. 50 Blurting out any garish foolery that comes into their mind. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 523 Fame and Glory..makes the Mind loose, and garish. †5. adv. = garishly adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adverb] > in specific way to (also into, unto) one's (also the) shirtc1300 in or of (a) suitc1325 in ragsa1350 in (also on) one's shirtc1380 in suit of or with1389 thinlya1400 in suit with1488 finely?1552 raggedly1552 smoothly1579 garish1590 briskly1592 in one's waistcoat1607 in mourning1621 in cuerpoa1640 in gala1757 airily1768 plain1808 in mufti1816 in, on one's stocking-soles1827 seedily1837 in beaver1840 back to front1869 dowdily1887 dossily1903 head-to-toe1946 sharp1951 sharply1965 understatedly1972 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. D4^v If any aske why thou art clad so garish: Say thou art dubd the forehorse of the parish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈgarish ˈgarish adj.² dialect (see quot. 1691 for gare-brained adj. at Compounds). ΚΠ 1691Garish [see gare-brained adj. at Compounds]. extracted from † garen.² < adj.¹1545 as lemmas
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garishadj.1

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garishadj.¹