gaud Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
    fallal; bangle; novelty; trinket; gewgaw; bauble.

WordNet

Gaud noun
Etymology
OE. gaude jest, trick, gaudi bead of a rosary, fr. L. gaudium joy, gladness. See Joy.
Definitions
  1. Trick; jest; sport. Obs. Chaucer.
  2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. Obs. Chaucer.
  3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud." Shak.
Gaud intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. se gaudir to rejoice, fr. L. gaudere. See Gaud, n.
Definitions
  1. To sport or keep festival. Obs. "Gauding with his familiars. " Obs. Sir T. North.
Gaud transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gauded; present participle & verbal noun Gauding
Definitions
  1. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. Obs. "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak.

Webster 1913