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gaud

noun as in gewgaw

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With gaud and gaudy, which are the same words as good and cadi, may be connoted gaudeo the Latin for I rejoice.

Shall this mindless wretch enjoy in his sleep a jewelled gaud while his poor old grandfather is thirsty?

Where got you that rich gaud for covering, that spangled shell—a tortoise living in the mountains?

Her secrets: old featherfans, tasselled dancecards, powdered with musk, a gaud of amber beads in her locked drawer.

An image, decked in all the glare of gaud and tinsel, looked out of a glazed niche in the opposite wall.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gaud, such as: bauble, trifle, trinket, bagatelle, bibelot, and gimcrack.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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