Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. 2. (superl.) Gay; merry; festal. 3. (n.) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. 4. (n.) A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.

Multi-Version Concordance Gaudy (1 Occurrence) Ezekiel 16:16 You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. (See NIV)