- (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
- (superl.) Gay; merry; festal.
- (n.) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
- (n.) A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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