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gaudy

gaud·y [ gáwdee ] (comparative gaud·i·er, superlative gaud·i·est)


adjective 
Definition:
 
showy: brightly colored or showily decorated to an unpleasant or vulgar degree

[15th century. <gaud]

gaud·i·ly adverb
gaud·i·ness noun
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