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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.28,0:00:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mysteries of vernacular:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.48,0:00:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gorgeous,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.32,0:00:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful or very attractive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.97,0:00:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The source of the word gorgeous
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.52,0:00:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be found in the Latin word, gurges,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.43,0:00:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used by the Romans to describe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.22,0:00:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a whirling, swirling whirlpool.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.09,0:00:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks to the aquatic phenomenon's cylindrical shape
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.90,0:00:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gurgling form,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.70,0:00:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gurges also came to mean throat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.73,0:00:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time gurges reached England in the 14th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.71,0:00:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it had been altered to gorge.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.62,0:00:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, to the English, seemed like an appropriate way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.74,0:00:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to describe a steep and rocky ravine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.66,0:00:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a metaphorical extension of the words
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.83,0:00:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,referenced to the throat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.34,0:01:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The French, however, transformed gorge into gorgias
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.44,0:01:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and used it to describe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.77,0:01:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most fashionable trends
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.45,0:01:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Middle Ages,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.22,0:01:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also known as a wimple.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.55,0:01:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This popular article of clothing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.51,0:01:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revealed only the madame's visage,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.24,0:01:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covering her shoulders,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.64,0:01:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,head,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.35,0:01:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, of course, her throat .
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.19,0:01:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A stylish and intricate gorgias
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.68,0:01:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was so telling of class and affluence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.15,0:01:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the word soon came to mean
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.54,0:01:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fond of dress and elegant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.89,0:01:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This newly fashioned adjective
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.95,0:01:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voyaged into Middle English as gorgayse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.27,0:01:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it was fully anglicized as gorgeous.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.17,0:01:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since then, it has been linked to all things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.55,0:01:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of exceptionally graceful allure.