gaudy

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔː.di/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.di/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ.di/ Rhymes: -ɔːdi === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gaudi, from Old French gaudie, from Medieval Latin gaudia. equivalent to gaud (“ornament, trinket”) +‎ -y. Alternatively, from Middle English gaudi, gawdy (“yellowish”), from Old French gaude, galde (“weld (the plant)”), from Frankish *walda, from Proto-Germanic *walþō, *walþijō, akin to Old English *weald, *wielde (>Middle English welde, wolde and Anglo-Latin walda (“alum”)), Middle Low German wolde, Middle Dutch woude. More at English weld. A common claim that the word derives from Antoni Gaudí, designer of Barcelona's Sagrada Família Basilica, is incorrect: the word was in use centuries before Gaudí was born. ==== Adjective ==== gaudy (comparative gaudier, superlative gaudiest) Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner. (obsolete) Fun; merry; festive. ===== Synonyms ===== (excessively showy): tawdry, flashy, garish, kitschy Thesaurus:gaudy ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== gaudy (plural gaudies) (archaic) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin gaudium (“joy”). Doublet of joy and jo. ==== Noun ==== gaudy (plural gaudies) (Oxford University) A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally during the long vacation. ===== Derived terms ===== gaudy night