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gaudy
adj. showy, flashy, garish; tacky; excessively colorful, overly ornamented


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Gaudy
Gaudy or Gaudie (from the Latin, "gaudium", meaning "enjoyment" or "merry-making") is a term used typical to reflect student life in a number of the ancient universities in the United Kingdom. It is generally believed to relate to the traditional student song, De Brevitate Vitae (On the Shortness of Life), which is commonly known as the Gaudeamus by virtue of its first line.
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gaudy
Noun
1. a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university
(hypernym) banquet, feast
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Adjective
1. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
(synonym) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
(similar) tasteless, in poor taste(p)
2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
(synonym) flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty
(similar) colorful


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Gaudy
(superl.)
Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
  
 
(superl.)
Gay; merry; festal.
  
 
(n.)
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
  
 
(n.)
A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
  

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gaudy
adj.
بھڑکيلا, رنگيلا, زرق برق, مکلف, پر تکلف, زيبائشي, نمائشي

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