GAUDY  , an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective meaning showy, very See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright, See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay, especially with a sense of tasteless or vulgar extravagance, of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour or See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament . The accurate origin of the various senses which this word and the substantive " gaud " have taken are somewhat difficult to trace . They are all ultimately to be referred to the See also:

• LAT

Lat. gaudere, to rejoice, gaudium, joy, some of them directly, others to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French derivative gaudir, to rejoice, and O.Fr. gaudie . ,As a noun, in the sense of rejoicing or feast, " gaudy " is still used of a See also:

• COMMEMORATION

commemoration See also:

• DINNER

dinner at a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college at the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . " Gaud," meaning generally a See also:

• TOY
• TOY, CRAWFORD HOWELL (1836– )

toy, a gay adornment, a piece of showy See also:

• JEWELRY (O. Fr. jouel, Fr. joyau, perhaps from joie, joy; Lat. gaudium; retranslated into Low Lat. jocale, a toy, from jocus, by misapprehension of the origin of the word)

jewelry, is more specifically applied to larger and more decorative beads in a See also:

• ROSARY (Lat. rosarium)

rosary .