the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. tasteless showiness.
n. strident color or excessive ornamentation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or quality of being garish; gaudiness; finery; affected or ostentatious show; flightiness of temper; want of steadiness.
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n. strident color or excessive ornamentation
n. tasteless showiness
Word Usage
"There was an almost blinding clarity to it all, both in terms of complexity of counterpoint, and that slight garishness of texture that we think of as quintessentially Brucknerian."