gorgeous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   dazzlingly beautiful

   a gorgeous Victorian gown

2. 2
   adj

   Sumptuously dressed.

   Two or three of them wore polished silk hats, elaborate shirt-fronts, diamond breastpins, kid gloves, and patent-leather boots...The others were more or less loosely clad...One of the gorgeous ones remarked...

3. 3
   adj

   Very beautiful.

   All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous.

4. 4
   adj

   Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty, etc.

   Hummus is absolutely gorgeous.

Etymology

From Middle English gorgeouse, a borrowing from Middle French gorgias (“elegant, fashionable”), from Old French gourgias, gorgias (“gorgeous, gaudy, flaunting, gallant, fine”), of uncertain origin, but apparently connected with Old French gorgias (“a gorget, ruffle for the neck”), from Old French gorge (“bosom, throat”). See gorge. Semantic evolution probably akin to "swelling of the throat or bosom due to pride, bridling up" to "assume an air of importance, flaunting".