[gawd] 
| a showy ornament or trinket. |
| gaud (gôd) n. A gaudy or showy ornament or trinket. [Middle English gaud, gaudi, sing. of gaudies, large, ornamental beads on a rosary, trinkets, from Medieval Latin gaudia, from Latin, pl. of gaudium, joy (referring to the Joyful Mysteries of the Virgin Mary), from gaudēre, to rejoice; see gāu- in Indo-European roots.] |