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