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Definition of Gaudery
1. Noun. Cheap or pretentious or vain display.
Definition of Gaudery
1. n. Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.
Definition of Gaudery
1. Noun. finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaudery
1. finery [n -ERIES] - See also: finery
Medical Definition of Gaudery
1. Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. "Tarnished gaudery." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaudery
Literary usage of Gaudery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... gawd. vn To exult, to rejoice at any thing. bull ;—ell ¡—pound ;—-/Ain, THIS.
gaudery ... gaudery ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"There Is a good deal more about gaudery, frisking it in tropes, ... An obsolete
variant of gaudery. gaudy (ga'di), a. ..."
3. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"Old age appears in the utmost gaudery of youth, la vieillesse se montre dans toute la
... A plain suit is better than tarnished gaudery, une mise simple est ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"gaudery [gau-duree], sb. Tawdry finery. Better fit her mother'd make her wear
things tidy like, ... nit let her ray herzel up in all that there gaudery. ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... dames gaudery. Finery, gaiety. Commit the war of white and damask in Their nicely
... Then did I love the May flow'rs gaudery, ..."
6. Masterpieces in English Literature, & Lessons in the English Language by Homer Baxter Sprague (1874)
"... or gaudery, but one of the wisest and noblest institutions that ever was.
For it contained three things; honor to the general, * Abridgment (Fr. ..."
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