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Definition of Gimcrackery
1. Noun. Ornamental objects of no great value.
Generic synonyms: Decoration, Ornament, Ornamentation
Definition of Gimcrackery
1. Noun. tastelessness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gimcrackery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gimcrackery
Literary usage of Gimcrackery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (1906)
"Geneva is filled with pretty little shops, and the shops are filled with the most
enticing gimcrackery, but if one enters one of these places he is at once ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"... of good old wood-carving peeped out from among the ruck of the common modern
gimcrackery that, because it had come to a premature state of dilapidation, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1848)
"... than on the gimcrackery with which some mechanical surgeons are fond of
furnishing it."—(Vol. ip 562. ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"says DIVINITY, "pursue a system of gimcrackery, of vou, To look, although their
eyes are shut, and tell you what 's ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1843)
"... and for use; the former displaying every variety of extravagant gimcrackery,
to impress you with a profound idea of combined wealth and taste, ..."
6. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1861)
"All ornament and gimcrackery ought to be carefully eschewed ; but the stable
should be lofty and well ventilated, well drained, and well lighted : it cannot ..."
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