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Webster 1913 Edition
Gaudy
Gaud′y
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Gaudier
; sup
erl.
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
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not
gaudy
. Shakespeare
2.
Gay; merry; festal.
Tennyson.
Let’s have one other
gaudy
night. Shakespeare
Gaud′y
,Noun.
pl.
Gaudies
(#)
[See ]
Gaud
, Noun.
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
[Obs.]
Gower.
Gaud′y
,Noun.
A feast or festival; – called also
gaud-day
and gaudy day
. [Oxford Univ.]
Conybeare.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gaudy
GAUD'Y
,Adj.
A goldfinch there I saw, with gaudy pride
Of painted plumes--
1.
Ostentatiously fine; gay beyond the simplicity of nature or good taste. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy.
GAUD'Y
,Noun.