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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Alexander loved gaud and baubles; Stalin likes big boots and old brown tunics.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is frequently seen dressed in fantastic gaud, seated in a brilliant howdah atop a huge elephant, with his sceptre in one hand, and a Rolleiflex camera in the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
With sumptuous production values and characters who spent every available petrodollar, Dallas elevated conspicuous consumption to a secular religion: gaud almighty.
From Time Magazine Archive
“No; too much gaud and glitter for that.”
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
And the man of brains, if lowly born, has a mild indifference, at least, for all the gilt and gaud of royalty.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Hubbard, Elbert
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