gaudy
21gaudy — [16] Middle English had a colour term gaudy green ‘yellowish green’, which originally denoted ‘green produced by dye obtained from the plant dyer’s rocket, Reseda luteola’, a plant formerly known as weld [14]. The word weld came from a Germanic… …
22gaudy — gau|dy [ˈgo:di US ˈgo:di] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: gaud bright decorative object (14 19 centuries), probably from Old French gaudir to enjoy ] clothes, colours etc that are gaudy are too bright and look cheap used to show disapproval ▪ gaudy …
23gaudy — [[t]gɔ͟ːdi[/t]] gaudier, gaudiest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If something is gaudy, it is very brightly coloured and showy. ...her gaudy orange and purple floral hat. Syn: garish …
24gaudy — adjective clothes, colours etc that are gaudy are too bright and look cheap: gaudy jewelry gaudily adverb gaudiness noun (U) …
25gaudy — UK [ˈɡɔːdɪ] / US [ˈɡɔdɪ] adjective Word forms gaudy : adjective gaudy comparative gaudier superlative gaudiest brightly coloured and ugly, or of bad quality Derived word: gaudily adverb a gaudily painted sign …
26gaudy — 1. adjective /ˈɡɔː.di,ˈɡɑ.di,ˈɡɔ.di/ Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner. The rooms were lofty and handsome, and their furniture suitable to the fortune of its proprietor; but Elizabeth saw …
27gaudy — adj. Gaudy is used with these nouns: ↑colour, ↑jewellery …
28gaudy — adjective the motel rooms were clean but howlingly gaudy Syn: garish, lurid, loud, overbright, glaring, harsh, violent, showy, glittering, brassy, ostentatious; tasteless, in bad taste, tawdry, vulgar, unattractive, bilious; informal flash, fl …
29gaudy green — “gaudy” like gaudy I noun Etymology: Middle English gaude grene, gaudy grene, from Middle French gaude weld + Middle English grene green more at gaude lake, green : spinach green …
30gaudy-green — /göˈdi grēn/ (obsolete) noun and adjective Yellowish green ORIGIN: OFr gaude weld, dyer s rocket * * * gaudy green see gaudy a.1 …
