gaudery

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːdəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

gaudery (countable and uncountable, plural gauderies)

1. finery; ornaments
2. ostentatious display; gaudiness
   • 1674, John Dryden, Prologue Spoken at the Opening of the New House:

     tarnished gaudery

Related terms

• gaudy

References

• “gaudery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.