Associations to the word «Gaud»

Wiktionary

GAUD, noun. A cheap showy trinket
GAUD, noun. (obsolete) trick; jest; sport
GAUD, noun. (obsolete) deceit; fraud; artifice
GAUD, verb. (obsolete) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
GAUD, verb. To sport or keep festival.

Dictionary definition

GAUD, noun. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin