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gaudy

gaudy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak.
  2. 2.One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower.
  3. 3.A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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