gaud.
A cheap showy trinket
Meaning & usage
A cheap showy trinket
trick; jest; sport
deceit; fraud; artifice
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.
To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.
To sport or keep festival.
Where this word comes from
Compare French gaudir (“to rejoice”).
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