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'''''Gaudeamus igitur''''' (‘So let us rejoice’) are the opening words of a medieval student drinking song which urges its young singers to enjoy the pleasures of their youth. Its first verse runs:

''Gaudeamus igitur/Iuvenes dum sumus./Post iucundam iuventutem,/Post molestam senectutem,/Nos habebit humus.''

(‘So let us rejoice/while we are young./After the delights of youth, /After the burdens of old age,/The earth will have us.’)

The remaining nine verses of the song elaborate on the transience of life before ending with expressions of good will to the students’ institution and its teachers (''Vivat academia!
Vivant professores!'') and to their country and its ruler (''Vivat et res publica et qui illam regit'').

Perhaps surprisingly in the light of its origins as a drinking song, the singing of '''''Gaudeamus igitur''''' forms part of the graduation ceremony at a number of American universities and colleges.

The related [[Latin]] [[noun]] '''''gaudium''''' (joy) is the origin of the English [[noun]] '''gaudy''' (pronounced {{IPA|'gɔː dɪ}}), the word used, in certain UK universities (e.g., Oxford and Durham), to refer to a celebratory college feast.

The word '''gaudy''' also occurs as part of the title of a novel, '''''Gaudy Night''''', by the crime writer and poet, Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957). In the novel Harriet Vane, a mystery writer, attends a '''gaudy''' at her old Oxford college, but, while,there, is disturbed to become the recipient of an obscene drawing and a poison-pen letter. Some months later, after many members of the college have received such letters and there has been an outbreak of vandalism in the college, the Principal invites Harriet to return to investigate, and Harriet in turn calls in her friend, the celebrated amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, to help her solve the mystery.

Do not confuse the [[[noun]] '''gaudy''' with its [[homograph]] and [[homophone]], the. [[adjective]] '''gaudy''', which means ‘bright, colourful in a crude or vulgar way; garish’. This [[adjective]] has a similar etymology to the other words on this page, being formed from the [[noun]] '''gaud''' (‘a trinket or bauble’), which probably comes through the Old French ''gaudir'' (‘to be joyful’) from the [[Latin]] ''gaudere''.

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	Do not confuse the [[noun]] '''gaudy''' with its [[homograph]] and [[homophone]], the. [[adjective]] '''gaudy''', which means ‘bright, colourful in a crude or vulgar way; garish’. This [[adjective]] has a similar etymology to the other words on this page, being formed from the [[noun]] '''gaud''' (‘a trinket or bauble’), which probably comes through the Old French ''gaudir'' (‘to be joyful’) from the [[Latin]] ''gaudere''.		Do not confuse the [[noun]] '''gaudy''' with its [[homograph]] and [[homophone]], the. [[adjective]] '''gaudy''', which means ‘bright, colourful in a crude or vulgar way; garish’. This [[adjective]] has a similar etymology to the other words on this page, being formed from the [[noun]] '''gaud''' (‘a trinket or bauble’), which probably comes through the Old French ''gaudir'' (‘to be joyful’) from the [[Latin]] ''gaudere''.
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		+	See also [[Carpe diem]].

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−	'''''Gaudeamus igitur''''' (‘So let us rejoice’) are the opening words of a medieval student drinking song which urges its young singers to enjoy the pleasures of their youth. Its first verse runs:	+	'''''Gaudeamus igitur''''' (''gaudeamus'' rhymes with 'rowdy harm us', {{IPA\|ˌgaʊd ɪ (''or'' ə) ˈɑː mʊs}}), meaning ‘So let us rejoice’, are the opening words of a medieval student drinking song which urges its young singers to enjoy the pleasures of their youth. Its first verse runs:

	''Gaudeamus igitur/Iuvenes dum sumus./Post iucundam iuventutem,/Post molestam senectutem,/Nos habebit humus.''		''Gaudeamus igitur/Iuvenes dum sumus./Post iucundam iuventutem,/Post molestam senectutem,/Nos habebit humus.''

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 (‘So let us rejoice/while we are young./After the delights of youth, /After the burdens of old age,/The earth will have us.’)
-The remaining nine verses of the song elaborate on the transience of life before ending with expressions of good will to the students’ institution and its teachers (''Vivat academia!
+The remaining nine verses of the song elaborate on the transience of life before ending with expressions of good will to the students’ institution and its teachers (''Vivat academia! Vivant professores!'') and to their country and its ruler (''Vivat et res publica et qui illam regit'').
 Vivant professores!'') and to their country and its ruler (''Vivat et res publica et qui illam regit'').
 Perhaps surprisingly in the light of its origins as a drinking song, the singing of '''''Gaudeamus igitur''''' forms part of the graduation ceremony at a number of American universities and colleges.
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 The word '''gaudy''' also occurs as part of the title of a novel, '''''Gaudy Night''''', by the crime writer and poet, Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957). In the novel Harriet Vane, a mystery writer, attends a '''gaudy''' at her old Oxford college, but, while,there, is disturbed to become the recipient of an obscene drawing and a poison-pen letter. Some months later, after many members of the college have received such letters and there has been an outbreak of vandalism in the college, the Principal invites Harriet to return to investigate, and Harriet in turn calls in her friend, the celebrated amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, to help her solve the mystery.
-Do not confuse the [[[noun]] '''gaudy''' with its [[homograph]] and [[homophone]], the. [[adjective]] '''gaudy''', which means ‘bright, colourful in a crude or vulgar way; garish’. This [[adjective]] has a similar etymology to the other words on this page, being formed from the [[noun]] '''gaud''' (‘a trinket or bauble’), which probably comes through the Old French ''gaudir'' (‘to be joyful’) from the [[Latin]] ''gaudere''.
+Do not confuse the [[noun]] '''gaudy''' with its [[homograph]] and [[homophone]], the. [[adjective]] '''gaudy''', which means ‘bright, colourful in a crude or vulgar way; garish’. This [[adjective]] has a similar etymology to the other words on this page, being formed from the [[noun]] '''gaud''' (‘a trinket or bauble’), which probably comes through the Old French ''gaudir'' (‘to be joyful’) from the [[Latin]] ''gaudere''.
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