garish

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gar·ish / ˈgarish/ • adj. obtrusively bright and showy; lurid: garish shirts in all sorts of colors.DERIVATIVES: gar·ish·ly adv.gar·ish·ness n.

gaur

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gaur (seladang) Species of wild cattle found in forested hilly country in India and Malaysia. Gaurs are dark brown in colour with a white ‘sock’ on each leg. Length: up to 3.8m (12.4ft). Family Bovidae; species Bos gaurus.

garish

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garish XVI.
Also gaurish, and perh. f. ME. †gaure stare; cf. -ISH1.

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