GAUDY is validvalid

tastelessly showy [adj GAUDIER, GAUDIEST] : GAUDILY [adv], GAUDINESS [n] / a festival [n GAUDIES]

8,578 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

tastelessly showy [adj GAUDIER, GAUDIEST, GAUDILY] / an entertainment or feast, esp. in certain English colleges [n GAUDIES]