Gaudy superl. : Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.

Gaudy superl. : Gay; merry; festal.

Gaudy n. : One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

Gaudy n. : A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.

Example:
what does Gaudy night by Dorothy sayers teach us about living in a community?

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Defination from the web:
gaudy from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... synonyms gaudy, tawdry, garish, flashy, meretricious mean vulgarly or cheaply showy. ...