worthless+finery
21Tawdry — Some words evolve in an odd way. Consider tawdry, which evolved from the name of St. Audrey, a person once revered in Great Britain. The story began in the seventh century with a princess named Etheldrida (spelled several different ways) who… …
22gaud — n. [Written also Gawd.] Trinket, gewgaw, bawble, trifle, toy, worthless piece of finery …
23gewgaw — n. Bawble, trifle, trinket, toy, plaything, gaud, worthless piece of finery …
24tawdry — adj. & n. adj. (tawdrier, tawdriest) 1 showy but worthless. 2 over ornamented, gaudy, vulgar. n. cheap or gaudy finery. Derivatives: tawdrily adv. tawdriness n. Etymology: earlier as noun: short for tawdry lace, orig. St Audrey s lace f. Audrey …
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