TAW'DRY, adjective Very fine and showy in colors without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; as a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors. He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and tawdry courtiers. TAW'DRY, noun A slight ornament.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI