Meaning

2 senses

  1. A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally during the long vacation.

  2. (archaic)One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

More definitions
  • (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held at a college

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He slipped the gaudy shirt on.

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  2. Stick to jackets that aren't too gaudy.

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  3. Don't you think that necklace is a bit gaudy?

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Origin

From Middle English gaudi, from Old French gaudie, from Medieval Latin gaudia. equivalent

From Middle English gaudi, from Old French gaudie, from Medieval Latin gaudia. equivalent to gaud (“ornament, trinket”) + -y.

Borrowed from Latin gaudium (“joy”). Doublet of joy and jo.

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Forms

plural: gaudies
Singulargaudy
Pluralgaudies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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