transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtɔ:drɪ ]
adj. & n. --adj. (tawdrier, tawdriest) 1 showy but worthless. 2 over-ornamented, gaudy, vulgar. --n. cheap or gaudy finery. øøtawdrily adv. tawdriness n. [earlier as noun: short for tawdry lace, orig. St Audrey's lace f. Audrey = Etheldrida, patron saint of Ely]