Definition of Gaudinesses

1. gaudiness [n] - See also: gaudiness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaudinesses

gauciest
gaucy
gaud
gauded
gaudefroyite
gauderies
gaudery
gaudful
gaudgie
gaudgies
gaudier
gaudies
gaudiest
gaudily
gaudiness
gaudinesses (current term)
gauding
gaudish
gauds
gaudy
gaue
gaufer
gaufers
gauffer
gauffered
gauffering
gauffers
gauffre
gauffres
gaufre

Literary usage of Gaudinesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"... clothed in their Sunday best of gaudinesses, and the long procession of fanciful trucks freighted with their groups of curious and costly images, ..."

2. Selections and Essays by John Ruskin (1918)
"... novelties, and gaudinesses—to make every design an advertisement, and pilfer every idea of a successful neighbor's, that you may insidiously imitate it, ..."

3. Art Education: Scholastic and Industrial by Walter Smith (1873)
"... novelties, and gaudinesses,.to make every design an advertisement, and pilfer every idea of a successful neighbor's, that you may insidiously imitate it ..."

4. The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art, and Its Application to Decoration and by John Ruskin (1900)
"... in jealous rivalry with neighbouring States, or with other producers, you try to attract attention by singularities, novelties, and gaudinesses—to make ..."

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