gimcrackyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɪmkraki/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɪmˌkræki/

Etymology: < gimcrack n. + -y suffix³.

Of the nature of a gimcrack.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial > of the nature of specific things

pelfish1577

gewgaw1631

knick-knacky1797

gimcracky1820

knick-knackish1824

1820 C. Edwards in Blackwood's Mag. (1824) 16 661/1 How the gardens of the Thuilleries were commended to me!—with their..parterres..gaudy white statues, and water in basins thirty feet superficial—All so fine prepense, and formal, and well swept and cleaned, and gimcracky.

1860 All Year Round 22 Sept. 571 This cheap looking-glass, a foolish gimcracky sort of article.

1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 312 A little house full of curiosities, quite under the shade of the Temple Garden, and close to its pretty lake with its gimcracky balustrade.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gimcracky
释义	gimcrackyadj. Brit. /ˈdʒɪmkraki/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪmˌkræki/ Etymology: < gimcrack n. + -y suffix³. Of the nature of a gimcrack. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial > of the nature of specific things pelfish1577 gewgaw1631 knick-knacky1797 gimcracky1820 knick-knackish1824 1820 C. Edwards in Blackwood's Mag. (1824) 16 661/1 How the gardens of the Thuilleries were commended to me!—with their..parterres..gaudy white statues, and water in basins thirty feet superficial—All so fine prepense, and formal, and well swept and cleaned, and gimcracky. 1860 All Year Round 22 Sept. 571 This cheap looking-glass, a foolish gimcracky sort of article. 1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 312 A little house full of curiosities, quite under the shade of the Temple Garden, and close to its pretty lake with its gimcracky balustrade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1820
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