4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gaudy \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gaudy \Gaud"y\, n.; pl {Gaudies} [See {Gaud}, n.]
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster
is recited. [Obs.] --Gower.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gaudy \Gaud"y\, n.
A feast or festival; -- called also {gaud-day} and {gaudy
day}. [Oxford Univ.] --Conybeare.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gaudy
adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
[syn: {brassy}, {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish},
{gimcrack}, {loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky}, {tatty},
{tawdry}, {trashy}]
2: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
[syn: {flashy}, {jazzy}, {showy}, {sporty}]
n : (British) a celebratory feast held annually at one of the
colleges in a British university
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