Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gorgeous \Gor"geous\, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain,
   luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F.
   gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. {Gorge},
   n.]
   Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine;
   magnificent.

         Cloud-land, gorgeous land.               --Coleridge.

         Gogeous as the sun at midsummer.         --Shak.
   -- {Gor"geous*ly}, adv. -- {Gor"geous*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

gorgeous
     adj : dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown"