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