GAUDINESS, GAUDY
ADJECTIVES
1538 — GAUDISH gaudy, showy → obs.
1567 — GAWISH staring, gaping; showy, gaudy → obs.
1682 — CLINQUANT gay; gaudy; decorated with gold and silver
1785 — FLASH characterized by outward show; gaudy, showy, smart, flashy
1790 — BRANKIE → BRANKY showy, gaudy, finely dressed → Sc. obs.
1790 — SCAUMY gaudy, showy in dress → Eng. dial.
..19C — TIPPY-BOB gaudy, smart, dandified, showy in dress → Eng. dial.
1804 — GAIRIE → GAIRY of bright or variegated colour, gaudy → Sc.
1805 — TINSELLY cheap and gaudy
1841 — FLARY dazzling, gaudy, flashy
1862 — TACKEY → TACKY of clothing or appearance: unfashionable, dowdy; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry → Amer. sl.
1866 — RORY loud in colour, gaudy, glaring → Sc.
1868 — FLAMBUSTIOUS gaudy, showy → Amer. sl.
1874 — RORY-TORY having a mixture of all sorts of flaring colours; gaudy, tawdry, showy, dashing; generally used of colour in dress → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1886 — BRUMMY counterfeit; dud; gaudy or cheaply made → Aust. sl.
1898 — BINKIE gaudy, trimly-dressed, smart → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — BUTTERFLY of clothes: gaudy, tasteless, flashy → sl.
1911 — BRAW-WARLD showy, gaudy → Sc. (Bk.)
1915 — GALLIERT brightly coloured, gaudy → Sc.
1950 — DAY-GLO blatantly gaudy or tawdry; cheaply flashy; vulgarly colourful and bright→ Amer. sl.
1950 — RAUNCHY dilapidated, old, worn out, used up; cheap, inferior; ugly, dirty; gaudy; corny → US teen usage
1970 — BONT gaudy, lurid; colourful → S. Afr.
1970 — SNAZZY gaudy and meretricious → Amer. sl.
2002 — TACK-O-RAMA completely tacky or tasteless, gaudy → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1430 — GAUD → GAWD a plaything, a toy; also, something gaudy; a showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw →
1529 — GEWGAW a gaudy plaything or ornament
1580 — FLAMFEW a gaudy ornament; a dazzling trifle; a gewgaw; something pretty and of little value → arch.
1583 — GAUDISHNESS gaudiness, showiness
1597 — GAUDERY gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery
1833 — FALLALERY tawdry finery; gaudy ornament
1837 — BEDIZENMENT vulgar or gaudy attire
1974 — FOFARRAW → FOOFOORAW gaudy wearing apparel, particularly accessories such as bracelets, belts, etc. → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1500 — BUTTERFLY a capricious, giddy, or frivolous person, esp. one having a gaudy or showy appearance
1970 — RAINBOW one who dresses in gaudy bad taste → African-American sl.
1980 — SANTA CLAUS a vulgar, gaudy, and tasteless dresser → US sl.
VERBS
1689 — BETAWDER to bedizen with tawdry finery, to adorn gaudily → obs.
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