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gaud¹

  • /ɡɔːd/ UK
  • /ɡɔd/ US
  • /ɡɑd/ cot caught merger

Sounds like god (cot–caught merger), gored (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger), gourd (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːd

Where it comes from

From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.

noun gauds

  1. A cheap showy trinket an idle gaud
  2. obsolete trick; jest; sport
  3. obsolete deceit; fraud; artifice

verb gauds · gauding · gauded

  1. obsolete To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint. Nicely gauded cheeks.

gaud²

  • /ɡɔːd/ UK
  • /ɡɔd/ US
  • /ɡɑd/ cot caught merger

Sounds like god (cot–caught merger), gored (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger), gourd (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːd

Where it comes from

Compare French gaudir (“to rejoice”).

verb gauds · gauding · gauded

  1. To sport or keep festival. gauding with his familiars

Gaud³

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Gaur (“ancient Bengali city”).

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noun a cheap showy trinket

Русскийбезделу́шка bezdelúška

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@misc{gaud_2026,
  title = {gaud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gaud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}