What is "gaudier"

Gaudy \Gaud"y\, a. [Compar. Gaudier; superl. Gauidiest.]

1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.

   Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy.
   --Shak.

2. Gay; merry; festal.
   --Tennyson.

   Let's have one other gaudy night.
   --Shak.

a. (en-comparativegaudy)

See gaudy

1. adj. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]

2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display [syn: flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty]

3. n. a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university

4. [also: gaudiest, gaudier]