Etymology

gaud

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Today it means: A cheap showy trinket Full definition →

Middle English gaude
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gaud · noun, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromgaude
  2. English todaygaud

From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.

gaud · verb2

Compare French gaudir (“to rejoice”).

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