gaud

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gaude, gawde (jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.

Noun

gaud (plural gauds)

  1. a cheap showy trinket
    • Shakespeare
      an idle gaud
    • 1926, T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
      Dalmeny lent me red tabs, Evans his brass hat; so that I had the gauds of my appointment in the ceremony of the Jaffa gate, which for me was the supreme moment of the war.
  2. (obsolete) trick; jest; sport
  3. (obsolete) deceit; fraud; artifice

Translations

Verb

gaud (third-person singular simple present gauds, present participle gauding, simple past and past participle gauded)

  1. (obsolete) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
    • Shakespeare
      Nicely gauded cheeks.

Etymology 2

Compare French se gaudir (to rejoice).

Verb

gaud (third-person singular simple present gauds, present participle gauding, simple past and past participle gauded)

  1. To sport or keep festival.
    • Sir T. North
      gauding with his familiars

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Ilocano

Noun

gaud

  1. paddle; oar

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

gaud

  1. paddle; oar