English
gaudiness
From gaudy + -ness.
A compound of gaudy + -ness
Latin gaudeō ‘to take pleasure in, be pleased with, delight…’
Medieval Latin gaudium ‘joy, delight’
Old French gaudie
Middle English gaudi ‘jest, trick’
English gaudy
Today it means
noun Pretension in appearance; looking overly and distastefully adorned.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gaudiness