Category: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.

gaudy Gaud"y, n.; pl. Gaudies Etym: [See Gaud, n.]

Defn: One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower.

gaudy Gaud"y, n.

Defn: A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.