Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gawdy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: gawdy
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic form of gaudy.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"On his head he wore one of the common eighteenpenny French skull-caps, with a gawdy tassel dangling therefrom, very happily in keeping with a common fustian coat."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

gawdier (comparative) gawdiest (superlative)

Questions

What does gawdy mean?: Archaic form of gaudy.

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