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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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