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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gaudium. Doublet of goig, a popular development.
Pronunciation
Noun
gaudi m (plural gaudis)
- enjoyment, delight
- Synonym: gaudiment
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Participle
gaudi (feminine gaudie, masculine plural gaudis, feminine plural gaudies)
- past participle of gaudir
Italian
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
gaudi m
- (rare) plural of gaudio
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gaudie, from Medieval Latin gaudia.
Pronunciation
Noun
gaudi (plural gaudis)
- jest, trick
- ornamentation
- a large, ornamental bead in a rosary
c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy , published 1857, →OCLC:A paire of bedes blacke as sable
She toke and hynge my necke about,
Upon the gaudees all without
Was wryte of gold, pur reposer- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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