gaud
- noun
- /ɡɔd/
- Archaic
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adorno
- For the costume party, he decorated his outfit with several colorful gauds to stand out.
Examples
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The theater's performance featured actors adorned with extravagant gauds that dazzled the audience.
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"So our lives are difficult, and perhaps unpardonable, And the fey gauds of youth have, as the old men told us they would, faded."
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But, my good lord, I wot not by what power-- but by some power it is-- my love to hermia, melted as the snow, seems to me now as the remembrance of an idle gaud which in my childhood I did dote upon; and all the faith, the virtue of my heart, the object and the pleasure of mine eye, is only Helena.
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She wore a bright necklace that looked like a gaud, glittering under the lights.
Synonyms
43
3.5
A small cheap object that people keep for decoration or as a gift
27
3.9
A small, cheap object bought as a gift or souvenir
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6.7
A small, cheap piece of jewelry worn for decoration
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9.9
A small, cheap ornament that looks showy but has little value
A small, cheap bright decoration that people wear on clothing or hats
Antonyms
How Showy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gaud comes from an old French word meaning 'joy' and is the same root as English gaudy, which means bright and showy. So a gaud is a small, showy ornament meant to give pleasure, often cheap.