Gaudy word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "gaudy" word

[noun] (British) a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university
[adjective] (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
[adjective] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

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\Gaud"y\, a. [Compar. {Gaudier}; superl. {Gauidiest}.] 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. --Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. --Shak.
\Gaud"y\, n.; pl. {Gaudies} [See {Gaud}, n.] One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] --Gower.
\Gaud"y\, n. A feast or festival; -- called also {gaud-day} and {gaudy day}. [Oxford Univ.] --Conybeare.

Synonyms for gaudy

brassy, cheap, colorful, flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, in poor taste(p), jazzy, loud, meretricious, showy, sporty, tacky, tasteless, tatty, tawdry, trashy

The fun area, different aproach to word »gaudy«

Let's analyse "gaudy" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and Two vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: YDUAG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1385 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: --. .- ..- -.. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: gaudy: 1 + 3 = 4, reduced: 4 (or 11 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Four.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: gaudy: 7 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 7 = 22, reduced: 22, and the final result is Twenty-Two.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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