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gaud⋅y

2  [gaw-dee]
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–noun, plural gaud⋅ies. British.
a festival or celebration, esp. an annual college feast.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L gaudium joy, delight
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gaud·y 2   (gô'dē)   
n.   pl. gaud·ies Chiefly British
A feast, especially an annual university dinner.

[Middle English gaudi, gaud, prank, trick, possibly from Old French gaudie, merriment (from gaudir, to enjoy, make merry, from Latin gaudēre, to rejoice) and from Latin gaudium, enjoyment, merry-making (from gaudēre, to rejoice; see gāu- in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

gaudy 
1529, from M.E. gaud "deception, trick," also "ornamental bead, rosary" (c.1300), possibly from Anglo-Fr. gaudir "be merry, scoff," from L. gaudere "rejoice." Alternate (less likely) etymology is from M.E. gaudy-green "yellowish-green," originally "green dye" obtained from a plant formerly known as weld, from a Gmc. source (see weld (n.)), which became gaude in O.Fr. The Eng. term supposedly shifted sense from "weld-dye" to "bright."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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