Gaudy vs Foofooraw - What's the difference?
gaudy | foofooraw |
very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
* Shakespeare
* 1813 , , Pride and Prejudice
* 1887 , Homer Greene, Burnham Breaker
* 2005 , Thomas Hauser & Marilyn Cole Lownes, "How Bling-bling Took Over the Ring", The Observer , 9 January 2005
(obsolete) gay; merry; festive
* Shakespeare
* Twain
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations.
(colloquial) Showy or gaudy ornaments, accoutrements, etc.
(colloquial) Fuss, brouhaha, commotion.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 18:
As nouns the difference between gaudy and foofooraw
is that gaudy is one of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited while foofooraw is showy or gaudy ornaments, accoutrements, etc.As an adjective gaudy
is very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.gaudy
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps from . A common claim that the word derives from , is not supported by evidence (the word was in use at least half a century before Gaudí was born).Adjective
(er)- Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, / But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy .
- The rooms were lofty and handsome, and their furniture suitable to the fortune of its proprietor; but Elizabeth saw, with admiration of his taste, that it was neither gaudy nor uselessly fine; with less of splendour, and more real elegance, than the furniture of Rosings.
- A large gaudy , flowing cravat, and an ill-used silk hat, set well back on the wearer's head, completed this somewhat noticeable costume.
- Gaudy jewellery might offend some people's sense of style. But former heavyweight champion and grilling-machine entrepreneur George Foreman is philosophical about today's craze for bling-bling.
- (Tennyson)
- Let's have one other gaudy night.
- And then, there he was, slim and handsome, and dressed the gaudiest and prettiest you ever saw...
Synonyms
* (excessively showy) tawdry, flashy, garish, kitschy *Derived terms
* gaudily * gaudy nightNoun
(gaudies)- (Gower)
Etymology 2
From Latin gaudium "joy".Noun
(gaudies)foofooraw
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Alternative forms
* foofaraw * fooforawNoun
(en noun)- “Sounds more like it was all that Chinese foofooraw you mentioned,” said Darby, “nothing you caused.”