gaud
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gaud
1300–50; Middle English, perhaps < Anglo-French, noun use of gaudir to rejoice < Latin gaudēre to enjoy
Example Sentences
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When one takes Orders, he swears to renounce Satan, his gauds and his works—that is to say, the piano.
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Earth's goods and gauds give every man the slip; But wealth of thought and richer wealth of love, Must pass for coin in any world above.
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Yet, wretched ruler o'er these empty gauds, A part remains to play, and I will play it.
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It lies no weight upon her breast— It speaks no warning to her heart— It lends no guiding light—at best Is but a gaud in Folly’s mart.
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No damage else, sagacious of true ore; Wit learned in the laurel, leaves each wreath O’er lyric shell or tragic barbiton,— Though alien gauds be singed,—undesecrate.”
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