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Definition of Gaudy
1. Adjective. Tastelessly showy. "Tawdry ornaments"
Similar to: Tasteless
Derivative terms: Cheapness, Flash, Flashiness, Garishness, Garishness, Gaud, Gaudiness, Gaudiness, Loudness, Meretriciousness, Tackiness, Tat, Tawdriness, Trashiness
2. Noun. (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
3. Adjective. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display.
Similar to: Colorful, Colourful
Derivative terms: Flash, Flashiness, Gaudiness, Gaudiness, Showiness
Definition of Gaudy
1. a. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
2. n. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
3. n. A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
Definition of Gaudy
1. Adjective. Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner. ¹
2. Noun. A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaudy
1. tastelessly showy [adj GAUDIER, GAUDIEST] : GAUDILY [adv] / a festival [n -DIES] - See also: festival
Medical Definition of Gaudy
1. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. (20 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaudy
Literary usage of Gaudy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On War by Carl von Clausewitz, James John Graham, Frederic Natusch Maude (1908)
"... AND 1812 SCHEME WHICH WAS LAID BEFORE GENERAL VON gaudy PRESUMING that it is
only a preliminary knowledge of the Art of War which His Royal Highness the ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1905)
"Maurice gaudy, the captain of the schooner, produced to the collector of New York
the ... Manifest of the cargo on board the schooner Hope W. gaudy, gaudy, ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"WHAT'S all the pomp of gaudy court», But vain delights and jingling toys, While
pleasure crowns your rural sports With calm content and tranquil joys. ..."
4. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch (1842)
"His harden'd lingers deck the gaudy Spring; Without him, Summer were an arid
waste ; Nor to the autumnal months could thus transmit Those full, mature, ..."
5. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... And some the breast-plate's scaly belts entwine: The gaudy mantles some, and
scarfs prepare, Where various lightsome colours gaily flare; ..."
6. On War by Carl von Clausewitz, James John Graham, Frederic Natusch Maude (1908)
"... AND 1812 SCHEME WHICH WAS LAID BEFORE GENERAL VON gaudy PRESUMING that it is
only a preliminary knowledge of the Art of War which His Royal Highness the ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1905)
"Maurice gaudy, the captain of the schooner, produced to the collector of New York
the ... Manifest of the cargo on board the schooner Hope W. gaudy, gaudy, ..."
8. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"WHAT'S all the pomp of gaudy court», But vain delights and jingling toys, While
pleasure crowns your rural sports With calm content and tranquil joys. ..."
9. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch (1842)
"His harden'd lingers deck the gaudy Spring; Without him, Summer were an arid
waste ; Nor to the autumnal months could thus transmit Those full, mature, ..."
10. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... And some the breast-plate's scaly belts entwine: The gaudy mantles some, and
scarfs prepare, Where various lightsome colours gaily flare; ..."
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