Adjective, : gaudy plumage. From Dictionary.com.
Because come on, y'all ... gaudiness is True Bl. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode One] Reference
They are not remarkable for the gaudiness of their colors. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference
Because come on, y'all ... gaudiness is True Blood's specialty. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode One] Reference
The human vehicles were prone to gaudiness, some even downright ugly. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Salimbeni (1542-1650), all displaying rich colouring without gaudiness. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
We are considered drab by some who prefer gaudiness to our subtle beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Skipping Through Life « Fairegarden] Reference
It's an interesting look, and again is made without gaudiness or tackiness. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Friday Flugelhorn Lesson!] Reference
Decoration increased to the point of gaudiness and then largely disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Rifle That Made America] Reference
The results were ostentatious, but gaudiness was one of the edifice's attractions. From Wordnik.com. [Best Kept Secrets]
You are the cock-crow of gaudiness, a plastic figurine obsessed with make-believe. From Wordnik.com. [Forum Grandstanding – (For Um!)] Reference
We hear much of the amount of jewelry he wore and of the gaudiness of his waistcoats. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
Then there were splendid liveries, and all manner of gaudiness, not without some taste. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
To those who destroyed Catholic gaudiness they were functioning weapons of the dark one. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
You were caterpillar-brained from the start and our gaudiness made you blush and stutter. From Wordnik.com. [Day 10: Butterfly Morning] Reference
Education and extensive reading have preserved them from faults of gaudiness and meretricious ornament. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
And my boy shall wear the very best that he has, so that his father may see him smile at his own gaudiness. From Wordnik.com. [John Caldigate] Reference
For one thing, she's synonymous with barrel-scraping gaudiness: Surprise Surprise, Moment Of Truth, Blind Date. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: Blind Date] Reference
Lady Betty a lady ab-bess: but I by no means like mine, because of its gaudiness: the very thing I was afraid of. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Charles Grandison] Reference
I've given you a much more streamlined, simple look, rather than the cluttered bells-and-whistles gaudiness of the old one. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
Amongst the pre-Daniel Craig posters, Goldfinger seems quite subdued and almost classy in comparison to the gaudiness of the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Bond Week: A Look Back at Bond Posters of the Past « FirstShowing.net] Reference
In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. From Wordnik.com. [Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources] Reference
He achieves effects in gaudiness which even time Italian officer cannot equal. From Wordnik.com. [Europe Revised] Reference
Even in this clear Southern climate, the effect of gaudiness will in time pass off. From Wordnik.com. [America To-day, Observations and Reflections] Reference
Joseph caressed his nose, a nose which for gaudiness could vie with any floral display. From Wordnik.com. [The King in Yellow] Reference
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