gaudy, or ostentatious, appearance, clothes, etc.; finery
gaudery in American English
(ˈɡɔdəri)
nounWord forms: plural-eries
1.
ostentatious show
2.
finery; gaudy or showy things
a fashionable dandy and his gaudery
Word origin
[1520–30; gaud + -ery]This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: accent, ballast, ribbon, ticket, trial-ery is a suffix of nouns denoting occupation, business, calling or condition, place orestablishment, goods or products, things collectively, qualities, actions, etc. Otherwords that use the affix -ery include: archery, cutlery, fishery, trickery, witchery