Both Uses
gaudy
in
Lord of the Flies
(Edited)
- 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) 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.