gaudy

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From Middle English gaudi, from Old French gaudie, from Medieval Latin gaudia. equivalent to gaud (“ornament, trinket”) + -y. Alternatively, from Middle English gaudi, gawdy (“yellowish”), from Old French gaude, galde (“weld (the plant)”), from Frankish *walda, from Proto-Germanic *walþō, *walþijō, akin to Old English *weald, *wielde (>Middle English welde, wolde and Anglo-Latin walda (“alum”)), Middle Low German wolde, Middle Dutch woude. More at English weld. A common claim that the word derives from Antoni Gaudí, designer of Barcelona's Sagrada Família Basilica, is incorrect: the word was in use centuries before Gaudí was born.

Borrowed from Latin gaudium (“joy”). Doublet of joy and jo.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: zövqsüz — very showy or ornamented
• Azerbaijani: səliqəsiz — very showy or ornamented
• Bulgarian: ярък (jarǎk) — very showy or ornamented
• Bulgarian: крещящ (kreštjašt) — very showy or ornamented
• Bulgarian: безвкусен (bezvkusen) — very showy or ornamented
• Chinese Mandarin: 俗麗 /俗丽 (súlì) — very showy or ornamented
• Chinese Mandarin: 俗艷 /俗艳 (súyàn) — very showy or ornamented
• Chinese Mandarin: 花哨 (huāshao) — very showy or ornamented
• Chinese Mandarin: 花俏 (huāqiào) — very showy or ornamented
• Czech: nevkusný — very showy or ornamented
• Czech: křiklavý — very showy or ornamented
• Czech: nápadný — very showy or ornamented
• Dutch: ordinair — very showy or ornamented
• Dutch: opzichtig — very showy or ornamented
• Dutch: opvallend — very showy or ornamented
• Dutch: schreeuwlelijk — very showy or ornamented
• Dutch: schel — very showy or ornamented
• Dutch: bont — very showy or ornamented
• Esperanto: malŝika — very showy or ornamented
• Finnish: pramea — very showy or ornamented
• Finnish: kruusattu — very showy or ornamented
• French: voyant — very showy or ornamented
• French: criard — very showy or ornamented
• French: surfait — very showy or ornamented
• French: kitsch — very showy or ornamented
• French: vulgaire — very showy or ornamented
• Galician: chamativo — very showy or ornamented
• Galician: charro — very showy or ornamented
• Georgian: მყვირალა (mq̇virala) — very showy or ornamented
• Georgian: ფერადოვანი (peradovani) — very showy or ornamented
• Georgian: უგემოვნო (ugemovno) — very showy or ornamented
• German: knallig — very showy or ornamented
• German: grell — very showy or ornamented
• German: protzig — very showy or ornamented
• German: kitschig — very showy or ornamented
• German: aufsehenerregend — very showy or ornamented
• German: knallbunt — very showy or ornamented
• German: farbenprächtig — very showy or ornamented
• German: schreiend — very showy or ornamented
• German: pompig — very showy or ornamented
• German: aufgetakelt — very showy or ornamented
• Hungarian: cifra — very showy or ornamented
• Hungarian: csicsás — very showy or ornamented
• Hungarian: feltűnő — very showy or ornamented
• Hungarian: hivalkodó — very showy or ornamented
• Hungarian: tarkabarka — very showy or ornamented
• Hungarian: csiricsáré — very showy or ornamented
• Hungarian: ízléstelen — very showy or ornamented
• Hungarian: rikító — very showy or ornamented
• Irish: gairéadach — very showy or ornamented
• Irish: scéiniúil — very showy or ornamented
• Irish: taibhseach — very showy or ornamented
• Irish: spiagaí — very showy or ornamented
• Irish: mórthaibhseach — very showy or ornamented
• Italian: chiassoso — very showy or ornamented
• Italian: vistoso — very showy or ornamented
• Italian: sgargiante — very showy or ornamented
• Italian: appariscente — very showy or ornamented
• Italian: pacchiano — very showy or ornamented
• Japanese: どぎつい (dogitsui) — very showy or ornamented
• Japanese: 派手な (hade-na) — very showy or ornamented
• Japanese: けばけばしい (kebakebashii) — very showy or ornamented
• Japanese: あくどい (akudoi) — very showy or ornamented
• Manx: ard-ghaaoil — very showy or ornamented
• Plautdietsch: bunt — very showy or ornamented
• Polish: jarmarczny — very showy or ornamented
• Portuguese: espalhafatoso — very showy or ornamented
• Portuguese: vistoso — very showy or ornamented
• Portuguese: chamativo — very showy or ornamented
• Romanian: împopoțonat — very showy or ornamented
• Romanian: înzorzonat — very showy or ornamented
• Romanian: kitsch — very showy or ornamented
• Russian: цвета́стый (cvetástyj) — very showy or ornamented
• Russian: крича́щий (kričáščij) — very showy or ornamented
• Russian: безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj) — very showy or ornamented
• Russian: аляпова́тый (aljapovátyj) — very showy or ornamented
• Spanish: llamativo — very showy or ornamented
• Spanish: vistoso — very showy or ornamented
• Spanish: sobrecargado — very showy or ornamented
• Spanish: vulgar — very showy or ornamented
• Spanish: feúcho — very showy or ornamented
• Spanish: chillón — very showy or ornamented
• Spanish: hortera — very showy or ornamented
• Swedish: prålig — very showy or ornamented
• Tagalog: jologs — very showy or ornamented
• Tibetan: ཧར་པོ (har po) — very showy or ornamented
• Turkish: cicili bicili — very showy or ornamented
• Turkish: şatafatlı — very showy or ornamented
• Turkish: şinanay — very showy or ornamented