GAUD

bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket

(noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

gaud (plural gauds)

a cheap showy trinket

(obsolete) trick; jest; sport

(obsolete) deceit; fraud; artifice

Verb

gaud (third-person singular simple present gauds, present participle gauding, simple past and past participle gauded)

(obsolete) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.

Etymology 2

Verb

gaud (third-person singular simple present gauds, present participle gauding, simple past and past participle gauded)

To sport or keep festival.

Anagrams

• Guad.

Source: Wiktionary


Gaud, n. Etym: [OE. gaude jest, trick, gaudi bead of a rosary, fr. L. gaudium joy, gladness. See Joy.]

1. Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud." Shak.

Gaud, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. se gaudir to rejoice, fr. L. gaudere. See Gaud, n.]

Definition: To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.] Sir T. North.

Gaud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauding.]

Definition: To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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