Gaudy — Defs

01 a. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.

1.
Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
“Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy.” — Shak.
2.
Gay; merry; festal.
“Let's have one other gaudy night.” — Shak.

02 n. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

pl. Gaudies ((#))

1.
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.[Obs.]

03 n. A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.

1.
A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.[Oxford Univ.] Also: gaud-day, gaudy day