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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gaudy1

▶adjective (gaudier, gaudiest) extravagantly or tastelessly bright or showy.

– derivatives
gaudily adverb,
gaudiness noun.

– origin C15: prob. from gaud + -y1.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gaudy2

▶noun (pl. gaudies) Brit. a celebratory dinner or entertainment held by a college for old members.

– origin C16 (in the sense ‘rejoicing, a celebration’): from L. gaudium ‘joy’, or from gaude ‘rejoice!’, imper. of gaudere.

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