gaudy

a. [ Compar. Gaudier superl. Gauidiest. ] 1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gaudies /plu> [ See Gaud, n. ] One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [ Oxford Univ. ] Conybeare. [ 1913 Webster ]