gaudery
(ˈgɔːdərɪ)
Forms: 6–7 gauderie, 7 gaudry, 6–7 gawdry, 7–8 -ery, 7– gaudery.
[f. gaud n.2 + -ery.]
† 1. Trickery. Obs.
| a 1529 Skelton Agst. Garnesche iv. 39 Garnyshe, ye gate [= you got] of Gorge with gawdry Crimsin velvet for your bawdry. |
2. Gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery.
| 1597–8 Bp. Hall Sat. iii. i. 63 But thou canst maske in garish gauderie. 1653 Manton Exp. James ii. 2–4 We do not prize a horse for the gaudry of his saddle and trappings. 1663 Unfort. Usurper i. i, Vice..trickt up with its alluring gauderies. 1713 ? Darrell Gentlm. Instructed (ed. 5) 427 Set off with all the glittering gawdery of Silk and Silver. 1812 W. Tennant Anster F. iii. vii, Streams the red gaudery of flags in air. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. v. v, Tapestries enough, and gauderies; but of serviceable fighting-gear small stock! 1893 Eng. Illustr. Mag. X. 241/2 Women shameless in their gaudery. |