gaudery

American

[gaw-duh-ree] / ˈgɔ də ri /

noun

plural

gauderies

ostentatious show.
finery; gaudy or showy things.

a fashionable dandy and his gaudery.

gaudery British

/ ˈɡɔːdərɪ /

noun

cheap finery or display

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Etymology

Origin of gaudery

First recorded in 1520–30; gaud + -ery

Example Sentences

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The others for their gay gaudery,—the bonny reid and blue o' them.

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The simple street happenings, the busy life and movements, the glare and gaudery of the lights, were as curious to us as if we had never landed before.

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But above all, that of the triumph, amongst the Romans, was not pageants or gaudery, but one of the wisest and noblest institutions, that ever was.

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I see Her silly, soulless eyes and horrid hair; In which new gauderies you'll forget sad me!

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His Majesty's Repository, what they call Garde-Meuble, is forced and ransacked: tapestries enough, and gauderies; but of serviceable fighting-gear small stock!

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