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 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(gaudy) tastelessly showy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, in classic literature gaudy can refer to something that is extravagantly showy without the implication that it is tasteless. Even more rarely, it can refer to a celebratory feast held by a college.