n. Beggary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. gargarisme, L. gargarisma. See Gargarize. ] (Med.) A gargle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish. ]
Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
It makes the mind loose and garish. South.
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n. [ Cf. F. vulgarisme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A fastidious taste will find offense in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call “slang, ” which not a few of our writers seem to have affected. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]