gaud noun². [gɔ:d] obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
[Anglo-Latin gaudium, prob. based on medieval Latin quinque gaudia the five 'joyful mysteries' of the rosary. Cf. Anglo-Norman gaudes in same sense.]
Each of the large ornamental beads in a rosary, placed between the decades of aves.

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gaud verb trans.LME.
[from GAUD noun¹ or noun².]
1. Equip (a rosary) with gauds. LME-M16.

2. Adorn, make showy. M16-E17.
■ Shakespeare Coriolanus Their nicely gawded cheeks.

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gaud noun¹. [gɔ:d] ME.
[Perh. from Anglo-Norman deriv. of Old French gaudir from Latin gaudere rejoice. In later senses infl. by GAUD noun².]
1. A trick; esp. a deceitful trick or pretence. Long only Scot. & north. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
b. A piece of mockery, a jest. Also, an object of mockery. LME-M17.

2. A showy ornament, a piece of finery; a gewgaw. Now rhet. LME.
■ H. L. Mencken Their..inclination to dress up, to strike the public eye with arresting gauds.

3. In pl., showy ceremonies; sing. idle display. Now rhet. M17.
■ Lytton The pomp, the gaud..strongly contrasted the patriarchal simplicity which marked his justice court.
■ C. C. Felton Its bishops..surrounded themselves with the pomps and gauds of this world.

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