gaud

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GAUD, verb intransitive [Latin gaudeo, to rejoice.] To exult; to rejoice. GAUD, noun [Latin gaudium.] An ornament; something worn for adorning the person; a fine thing.
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