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gorgious

gorgious is the obsolete form of gorgeous.

Meaning of gorgeous

Adjective

gorgeous (comparative more gorgeous, superlative most gorgeous)

  1. (endearing, sometimes) 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...1883, Mark Twain, “Chapter VII: A daring deed”, in Life on the Mississippi, 1883 illustrated edition, Boston MA: James R Osgood & Co, →OCLC, pages 92-93; digitised as part of the UNC-CH digitization...
  2. (endearing, sometimes) Very beautiful.
    • All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous.
  3. (rare) Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty, etc.
    • Hummus is absolutely gorgeous.

Forms of gorgious

comparativemore gorgious
superlativemost gorgious

Questions about gorgious

What is gorgious the obsolete form of?
Gorgious is the obsolete form of gorgeous.

Words near gorgious in the dictionary

  1. Gorgie
  2. gorging
  3. gorgings
  4. Gorgio
  5. Gorgios
  6. gorgious
  7. gorgière
  8. gorgières
  9. gorgolet
  10. gorgolets
  11. gorgon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gorgious (page history and authors); gorgeous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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