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gorgeous

/ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/ adjective B1
  1. Sumptuously dressed.
  2. Very beautiful. · All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous.· The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous.
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Behold the gorgeous East was there!
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 25 · C1
Outside in the garden, which was full of mellow sunset light streaming through the dark old firs to the west of it, stood Anne and Diana, gazing bashfully at each other over a clump of gorgeous tiger lilies.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 83 · C1
With her chin propped on her hands and her eyes fixed on the blue glimpse of the Lake of Shining Waters that the west window afforded, she was far away in a gorgeous dreamland hearing and seeing nothing save her own wonderful visions.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 113 · C1
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 5 · B2

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