gaud

[ gawd ]

/ gɔd /

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noun

a showy ornament or trinket.

Nearby words

gauche, gaucher's cell, gaucher's disease, gaucherie, gaucho, gaud, gaudeamus igitur, gaudery, gaudier-brzeska, gaudy, gaudí

Origin of gaud

1300–50; Middle English, perhaps < Anglo-French, noun use of gaudir to rejoice < Latin gaudēre to enjoy

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Examples from the Web for gaud

There was one for him, postmarked "Paimpol," but it was not Gaud's writing.
An Iceland Fisherman|Pierre Loti
Granny Yvonne had been a very clever knitter in her day, and now she taught all she knew to Gaud.
An Iceland Fisherman|Pierre Loti
At Paimpol eleven o'clock is very late; so Gaud closed her window and lit her lamp, to go to bed.
An Iceland Fisherman|Pierre Loti
There is no gaud or glitter, but ever the suggestion of home and all that home means.
A Flight in Spring|J. Harris Knowles

Gaud was frightened by all this; what companions were these for her Yann?
An Iceland Fisherman|Pierre Loti

British Dictionary definitions for gaud

gaud

/ (ɡɔːd) /

noun

an article of cheap finery; trinket; bauble

Word Origin for gaud

C14: probably from Old French gaudir to be joyful, from Latin gaudēre

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