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gauding

gauding is the present participle and gerund 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 gauding

What is gauding the present participle and gerund of?
Gauding is the present participle and gerund of gaud.

Words near gauding in the dictionary

  1. gaudimycin
  2. gaudimycins
  3. Gaudin
  4. gaudiness
  5. gaudinesses
  6. gauding
  7. Gaudino
  8. Gaudinos
  9. Gaudins
  10. Gaudio
  11. Gaudios

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