Gaud″y (?), a. [Compar.Gaudier (?); superl.Gauidiest.] 1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak.
2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson.
Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak.