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GAUDY
flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty
(adjective) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”
gaudy
(noun) (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
gaudy (comparative gaudier, superlative gaudiest)
very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
(obsolete) fun; merry; festive
Synonyms
• (excessively showy): tawdry, flashy, garish, kitschy
• Thesaurus:gaudy
Noun
gaudy (plural gaudies)
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
Etymology 2
Noun
gaudy (plural gaudies)
A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations.
Source: Wiktionary
Gaud"y, a. [Compar. Gaudier; superl. Gauidiest.]
1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak.
2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak.
Gaud"y, n.; pl. Gaudies Etym: [See Gaud, n.]
Definition: One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower.
Gaud"y, n.
Definition: A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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