- Look up
gaudy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Gaudy or
gaudie (from the Latin, "gaudium",
meaning "enjoyment" or "merry-making") is a term used to...
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aspect and her eyes Thus mellow'd to that
tender light Which
heaven to
gaudy day denies. One
shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the...
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aspect and her eyes; Thus
mellowed to that
tender light Which heaven to
gaudy day denies. (Lord Byron, She
walks in Beauty, 1-6) Les
sanglots longs Des...
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aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that
tender light Which heaven to
gaudy day denies. One
shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless...
- Adam
Kirsch sees
comedy as
undercut as well,
although parody remains: The
gaudy names Mr.
Pynchon gives his
characters are like pink slips,
announcing their...
- with a lace hat,
carrying a
speaking trumpet.
Besides being festive, the
gaudy uniform was
intended as a
mockery of Boston's elites. The "pope" was dressed...
- The New York
Times delivered a
favorable review. It
called the film a "
gaudy street-carnival", and Lumet's "most accurate, most flamboyant" depiction...
- po****r
impression of the band as all
showbiz smiles, m****ive harmonies,
gaudy outfits...". In a
career largely based in
trying to
stuff as much into one...
- oblige, and
Nancy helps to
dress them in bows, ornaments, top hats, and
gaudy scarves. "Ooo-la-la!"
Nancy cries in delight. "My
family is posh! That's...
- performances."
Channel 4
deemed it "fascinating, if flawed" and "by
turns gaudy,
bitter and
occasionally just
plain weird,"
adding "great
performances and...
