# gorgeous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡɔː.dʒəs/ · frequency rank #3,946

## Definitions
1. Sumptuously dressed.
2. Very beautiful.
3. Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty, etc.

## 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".

## Common misspellings (11)
`ggorgeous`, `gogreous`, `goregous`, `gorgeosu`, `gorgeouss`, `gorgeuos`, `gorggeous`, `gorgoeus`, `gorrgeous`, `grogeous`, `ogrgeous`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gorgeous