Both Uses of
gaudy
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- About half-past eight I passed by an absurd little theatre, with great flaring gas-jets and gaudy play-bills.†
Chpt 4 *
- He was rather sorry he had come, till Lady Narborough, looking at the great ormolu gilt clock that sprawled in gaudy curves on the mauve-draped mantel-shelf, exclaimed: "How horrid of Henry Wotton to be so late!†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(gaudy) tastelessly showy