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Word: Gaud
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (denoting a trick or pretence): perhaps via Anglo-Norman French from Old French gaudir ‘rejoice’, from Latin gaudere; perhaps influenced by obsolete gaud ‘ornamental bead in a rosary’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɡɔːd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a showy and purely ornamental thing
Short Definition:showy and purely ornamental thing
Examples:- displays of overpriced gauds
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