gussied up vs meretricious

gussied up

meretricious

adj
  • Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship). 

  • Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring. 

How often have the words gussied up and meretricious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )