Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
noun
- a showy but valueless trinket
adjective
- showy and valueless; gaudy
early 13c., giuegaue, contemptuous reduplication, possibly connected with Old French gogue “rejoicing, jubilation; joke, prank, mockery, game;” or jou-jou “toy,” baby-talk word, from jouer “to play,” from Latin jocare (see joke).