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单词 tawdriness
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tawdrinessn.

/ˈtɔːdrɪnɪs/
Etymology: < tawdry adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being tawdry.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [noun] > tawdriness
tawdriness1670
frippery1802
tattiness1952
1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 161 There was a kind of tawdriness in their Habits.
1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 35 That tawdriness may not destroy the proper effect of variety.
1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present I. ii. 139 The tinsel and tawdriness of an imitative dauber.
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