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Webster 1913 Edition

Gaud

Gaud

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. F. se
gaudir
to rejoice, fr. L.
gaudere
. See
Gaud
,
Noun.
]
To sport or keep festival.
[Obs.]
“Gauding with his familiars. ”
[Obs.]
Sir T. North.

Gaud

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gauded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gauding
.]
To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint.
[Obs.]
“Nicely gauded cheeks.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gaud

GAUD

,
Verb.
I.
[L. gaudeo, to rejoice.] To exult; to rejoice.

GAUD

,
Noun.
[L. gaudium.] An ornament; something worn for adorning the person; a fine thing.

Definition 2024

gaud

gaud

English

Noun

gaud ‎(plural gauds)

  1. a cheap showy trinket
    • Shakespeare
      an idle gaud
    • 1926, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
      Dalmeny lent me red tabs, Evans his brass hat; so that I had the gauds of my appointment in the ceremony of the Jaffa gate, which for me was the supreme moment of the war.
  2. (obsolete) trick; jest; sport
  3. (obsolete) deceit; fraud; artifice

Translations

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Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
    • Shakespeare
      Nicely gauded cheeks.

Etymology 2

Compare French se gaudir ‎(“to rejoice”).

Verb

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

  1. To sport or keep festival.
    • Sir T. North
      gauding with his familiars

Etymology

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