Gaudy vs Lairy - What's the difference?
gaudy | lairy | Synonyms |
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.
(UK) Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.
* 2001 . "rush to order". Simon Stuart, Glasgow Sunday Herald , 14 October.
*:"There's always been a weird duality at the heart of New Order: the fact that three druggy, lairy Mancs and the drummer's girlfriend can craft music of such awesome emotive power as to make grown neds weep."
* 2002 . “
*:"Unskinny was a self-published riot of large lasses getting lairy in northern towns, and did a reasonable trade via friends and comic shops."
* 2002 . "
*:"The show is lairy , loud and laddish; it does exactly what it says on the tin."
* 2005 . , Alexander Masters.
*:"I started to get a bit lairy , agitated on drink."
* 2005 . "Women do make the worst drunks. Maybe it's the sick'n'sequin mix...". , The Independent on Sunday , 20 November.
*:"Obviously, I'm not beginning to suggest women commit as much violent crime as men when plastered. But I do now concede that being aggressive, ignorant, lairy and foul-mouthed suits the ladies even less than it suits the fellas."
(Australia) Vulgar and flashy.
* 1983 , National Book Council (Australia), Australian Book Review , Issues 48-57,
* 2008 , Helen Garner, True Stories ,
* 2009 , Sally Neighbour, The Mother of Mohammed: An Australian Woman?s Extraordinary Journey Into Jihad ,
(Australia) Socially unacceptable.
Gaudy is a synonym of lairy.
As adjectives the difference between gaudy and lairy
is that gaudy is very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner while lairy is (uk) touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk or lairy can be (australia) vulgar and flashy.As a noun gaudy
is one of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited or gaudy can be a reunion held by one of the colleges of the university of oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations.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)lairy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)- Don't get lairy with me!
‘We wouldn?t dream of making you feel fat’”. Glasgow Herald , 27 July.
Live With Chris Moyles". Gareth McLean, The Guardian , September 24.
Etymology 2
Thought to be from .Australian National Dictionary Centre » Australian words » Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms » L
Adjective
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- He was lairy alright, resplendent in a purple blazer and pink trousers.
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- They had no wedding party, only an Australian couple in their sixties, the woman in a great deal of pancake and blusher and a lairy fur jacket.
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- Sungkar told Rabiah he thought of her as he rode to freedom on his motor scooter through the green wrought-iron gates, disguised in a pair of blue jeans and a lairy short-sleeved batik shirt: ‘Rabiah reckoned the safari suit was bad—if only she could see me now’.