Both Uses of
gaudy
in
Lord of the Flies
- Only when Jack himself roused a gaudy bird from a primitive nest of sticks was the silence shattered and echoes set ringing by a harsh cry that seemed to come out of the abyss of ages.
p. 49..1gaudy = tastelessly showy
- Nothing moved but a pair of gaudy butterflies that danced round each other in the hot air.
p. 57..2 *
Definition:
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(gaudy) tastelessly showy