Crossword clues for gorgeous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gorgeous \Gor"geous\, a. [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.] Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.
Cloud-land, gorgeous land.
--Coleridge.
Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer.
--Shak.
-- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "splendid, showy" (of clothing), from Middle French gorgias "elegant, fashionable," of unknown origin; perhaps literally "necklace" (and thus "fond of jewelry"), from Old French gorge "bosom, throat," also "something adorning the throat." A connection to the Greek proper name Gorgias (supposedly in reference to a notorious sophist) also has been proposed. Related: Gorgeousness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of a person or place English) very beautiful. 2 (context rare English) Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty etc.
WordNet
adj. dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown"
Wikipedia
Gorgeous is a 1999 Hong Kong action romantic comedy film written and directed by Vincent Kok who played Lo's assistant, and co-written and produced by Jackie Chan, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Shu Qi, Tony Leung and Emil Chau.
Gorgeous is the fifth album by the Huntington Beach, California punk rock band Guttermouth, released in 1999 by Nitro Records. It was the band's most aggressive album to date, due in part to a lineup change: bass player Steve Rapp had left the group and drummer James Nunn had taken over his position, making room for new drummer Ty Smith (credited here as T. Bradford). It would also be the band's last album for Nitro, as they moved to Epitaph Records the following year.
Gorgeous is the fourth album of the band 808 State, released in 1993 on ZTT Records in the UK and Tommy Boy Records in the US. In October 2008, the album was reissued on ZTT Records including Chapter 3 of journalist Ian Peel's The 808 Story and an additional bonus disk containing 14 remixed tracks, including an unreleased edit of the song "Bombadin".
Gorgeous is the 2nd mini-album released by the South Korean boy band, F.Cuz. The album was released in physical and digital format on November 18, 2010. The mini-album was also released in Japan and Taiwan on December 8, 2010 and December 16, 2010, respectively.
Gorgeous may refer to the physical attractiveness of something. It may also refer to:
Albums
- Gorgeous (808 State album), a 1993 album from 808 State
- Gorgeous (Guttermouth album), a 1999 album from Guttermouth
- Gorgeous (EP), a 2010 EP by F.Cuz
Animals
- Gorgeous barb, a species of cyprinid fish native to Africa
- Gorgeous bushshrike, a bird in the Malaconotidae family
- Gorgeous prawn goby, a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean
Film, theatre, and television
- Gorgeous (film), a 1999 film starring Jackie Chan
- Gorgeous Enterprises, a London-based film production company
- The Gorgeous Group, an Australian theatrical production company
- Hey Gorgeous, a Singaporean talent-scouting competition
- Slayers Gorgeous, a 1998 comic fantasy anime film
People
- Gigi Gorgeous, a Canadian actress, internet personality, makeup artist, activist, and model
- Vinny Gorgeous, the nickname of Vincent Basciano, an American mobster
- The Gorgeous, a Canadian rock band
- Gorgeous Geeks, an interest group based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Gorgeous Guy, the name given to a man whose photo appeared on an internet message board, later revealed to be an elaborate hoax
- Kid Gorgeous, a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, USA
Publications
- Gorgeous Carat, a shōnen-ai manga series written and illustrated by You Higuri
- Gorgeous Gus, a British comic strip
Songs
- "Gorgeous", a 1966 song from the play The Apple Tree
- "Gorgeous" (Eighteen Visions song), a 2002 single by hardcore band Eighteen Visions
- "Gorgeous", a 2008 single by Idina Menzel from I Stand (album)
- "Gorgeous", a 2009 song by Jeffree Star from Beauty Killer
- "Gorgeous" (Kanye West song), a 2010 song by Kanye West from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
"Gorgeous" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). The track features a hook provided by Kid Cudi, a recording artist formerly signed to West's label GOOD Music, and a rap verse provided by the Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon. The song was written by West, Cudi, Raekwon, No I.D., Mike Dean and Rhymefest, and was produced by West, No I.D. and Dean. It contains elements of The Turtles's cover version of the song " You Showed Me". "Gorgeous" received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who generally praised the intricacy of the production, the quality of the guest features and the rock music inspired aesthetic of the song. Several critics cited West's verses as a highlight of the track, complimenting his lyricism and delivery.
Before its release, West premiered an a cappella version of the song in the form of a freestyle rap on Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show. Despite not being released as a single, the song appeared on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. Cudi and West performed the song live at SXSW, and West performed the track at the Lollapalooza musical festival. "Gorgeous" was also utilized in West's short film Runaway.
Usage examples of "gorgeous".
And a gorgeous pair of eyes they were, the young police sergeant noted as Abie Singleton continued her tirade against the Houston Police Department.
Stephanotis, passiflora, tuberose, alamanda, Bougainvillea, and other trailers of gorgeous colors, climb over everything, and make the night heavy with their odors.
Now if there were several ministers in the church, dressed in such gorgeous colors that I could see them at the distance from the apse at which my limited income compels me to sit, and candles were burning, and censers were swinging, and the platform was full of the sacred bustle of a gorgeous ritual worship, and a bell rang to tell me the holy moments, I should not mind the pillar at all.
Picture, then, the pride with which, one early day of her new bridehood, she drove to the Palace of St Cloud in the gorgeous Borghese State carriage, behind six horses, and with an escort of torch-bearers, to pay a formal call on her sister-in-law, Josephine, Empress-to-be.
Then they clad her in fine linen, and put over it gorgeous, broidered garments, and a royal mantle of purple, and her own jewels which she had worn in bygone days, and with them others still more splendid, and threw about her head a gauzy veil worked with golden stars.
The next time you see a tree waving in the wind, recollect that it is the tail of a great underground, many-armed, polypus-like creature, which is as proud of its caudal appendage, especially in summer-time, as a peacock of his gorgeous expanse of plumage.
Celluloid shades could conclude with a million dollars, beach recliners, and cocktails decorated with festive small umbrellas, but what of those flickering, gorgeous phantasms subsequent to the final credits, when the theater is strewn with sad spilled popcorn, and the cinephiles have all gone home to work on last-minute dishes or bills before going quietly to their beds?
Okay, I said he was cute, but he was in no position to say he dated a lot of anything, never mind with the word gorgeous in it.
Beyond the bridge they passed across a lower level, jungle clad with delicate bamboos and dhak, and sweet-scented shrubs, and clusters of gorgeous oleanders.
Across the back of the house was a sunroom, all done up in white wicker and green chintz, with a view of absolutely gorgeous gardens, and farther away, across a stone patio and staircase lined with white plaster urns, the blue of Dingle Bay.
From the high glass doorway, communicating with the drawing-rooms, at the far end, among towering ranks of rare and gorgeous flowers, over the encaustic tiles, and through this atmosphere of perfume, did Captain Stanley Lake, in his shooting coat, glide, smiling, toward his beautiful young wife.
Read the passage in the eulogy on Choate where he describes him arming himself in the entire panoply of his gorgeous rhetoric--and you will get some far-away conception of the power of this magician.
This saddle is made of sheepskins, tanned on one side and woolly on the other, fastened by gorgeous embroidered straps.
To my right the bottom of the cliff was lost in the dense foliage of the forest, which terminated at its very foot, rearing its gorgeous foliage fully a thousand feet against its stern and forbidding neighbour.
What makes the whole effect even more gorgeous is that a belt of a hundred and fifty feet around the marble wall of the temple is planted with an indigenous species of sunflower, which were at the time when we first saw them a sheet of golden bloom.