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gauded

gauded is the simple past and past participle of gaud.

Meaning of gaud

Verb (1)

gaud (third-person singular simple present gauds, present participle gauding, simple past and past participle gauded)

  1. (obsolete) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colours; to paint.
    • Nicely gauded cheeks.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Verb (2)

gaud (third-person singular simple present gauds, present participle gauding, simple past and past participle gauded)

  1. To sport or keep festival.
    • gauding with his familiars1579, Thomas North, The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes

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Questions about gauded

What is gauded the simple past and past participle of?
Gauded is the simple past and past participle of gaud.

Words near gauded in the dictionary

  1. Gauda
  2. gaudeamurid
  3. gaudeamurids
  4. gaudeamus
  5. gaudeamuses
  6. gauded
  7. gaudefroyite
  8. gauderies
  9. gaudery
  10. Gaudet
  11. Gaudete Sunday

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