Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gewgaw

Gewgaw , noun

[Old English gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as Old English givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form from Anglo-Saxon gifan to give; compare also French joujou plaything, and English gaud, n. See Give, and compare Giffgaff.]

A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
A heavy gewgaw called a crown. — Dryden

Gewgaw , adjective

Showy; unreal; pretentious.
Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. — Tennyson