gussy的词源

英文词源

gussy (v.)

"to dress up or decorate in a showy way," 1952, American English slang, apparently from Gussy (adj.), schoolyard slang for "overly dressed" (1940); perhaps related to gussie "effeminate man" (1901) and somehow connected to the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.

中文词源

gussy：花枝招展的

来自常用名Augustus的昵称，字面意思为大的，壮观的，词源同augment. 用于学生俚语，娘娘腔的男生，花枝招展的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：gussy 词源，gussy 含义。