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Gay Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gay? [n] someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex [adj] bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" [adj] brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage" [adj] homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [adj] given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies" [adj] offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [adj] full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gay: brave \| braw \| cheerful \| cheery \| colorful \| festal \| festive \| gala(a) \| homo \| homophile(a) \| homosexual \| homosexual \| indulgent \| jocund \| jolly \| jovial \| joyous \| merry \| mirthful \| queer \| sunny Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gay: abandoned \| AC-DC \| addled \| alert \| amphierotic \| animate \| animated \| antic \| autoerotic \| beaming \| beatific \| beatified \| beery \| bemused \| besotted \| bisexed \| bisexual \| blessed \| blind drunk \| blissful \| blithe \| blithesome \| boon \| brash \| brave \| bravura \| braw \| bright \| bright-hued \| brilliant \| bubbling \| bubbly \| buoyant \| burning \| butch \| cant \| capering \| capersome \| carefree \| cheerful \| chichi \| chipper \| chirping \| colorful \| colory \| coltish \| confident \| convivial \| crapulent \| crapulous \| dancing \| daring \| dashing \| debauched \| debonair \| deep-colored \| deviant \| devil-may-care \| dissipated \| dissolute \| dizzy \| drenched \| dressy \| drunk \| drunken \| effeminate \| effervescent \| exhibitionistic \| exotic \| exuberant \| far-gone \| fast \| festal \| festive \| flashing \| flashy \| flaunting \| flushed with joy \| flustered \| forward \| fou \| free \| free and easy \| frilly \| frisky \| frolicsome \| frothy \| full \| full of beans \| gala \| gallant \| gamesome \| garish \| gaudy \| gay-colored \| giddy \| glad \| gladsome \| gleeful \| glittering \| glorious \| glowing \| gorgeous \| hail-fellow-well-met \| happy \| hearty \| high-colored \| high-spirited \| hilarious \| homoerotic \| homophile \| homosexual \| in liquor \| inebriate \| inebriated \| inebrious \| intense \| intoxicated \| inverted \| jaunty \| jazzy \| jocund \| jolly \| jovial \| joyful \| joyous \| jubilant \| keen \| laughing \| leaping \| lesbian \| licentious \| lighthearted \| light-hearted \| lively \| mannish \| many-colored \| maudlin \| mellow \| merry \| merrymaking \| mirthful \| muddled \| nappy \| on the loose \| overweening \| perverted \| playful \| presuming \| profligate \| purring \| pushful \| pushy \| queer \| radiant \| raffish \| rakehell \| rakehellish \| rakehelly \| rakish \| reeling \| rich \| rich-colored \| rollicking \| rollicksome \| rompish \| sapphic \| self-assertive \| shikker \| showy \| singing \| skittish \| smiling \| smirking \| snazzy \| sodden \| sotted \| sparkling \| spirited \| splashy \| splurgy \| sportive \| sporty \| sprightly \| starry-eyed \| thrice happy \| tiddly \| tipsy \| transvestite \| tribadistic \| unbridled \| under the influence \| vital \| vivacious \| vivid \| wild \| zestful \| zippy See Also \| gay man \| gay woman \| human \| individual \| lesbian \| mortal \| person \| shirtlifter \| somebody \| someone \| soul Gay In Webster's Dictionary \Gay\, a. [Compar. {Gayer}; superl. {Gayest}.] [F. gai, perhaps fr. OHG. g?hi swift, rapid, G. g["a]h, j["a]h, steep, hasty; or cf. OHG. w?hi beatiful, good. Cf. {Jay}.] 1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. --Pope. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. --Gray. 2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. Why is my neighbor's wife so gay? --Chaucer. A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton dress! --Milton. 3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.] Syn: Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly, sportive; light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial; joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious. \Gay\, n. An ornament [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

Gay Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gay?

[n] someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
[adj] bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"
[adj] brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage"
[adj] homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
[adj] given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
[adj] offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"
[adj] full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"

Gay In Webster's Dictionary

\Gay\, a. [Compar. {Gayer}; superl. {Gayest}.] [F. gai,
perhaps fr. OHG. g?hi swift, rapid, G. g["a]h, j["a]h, steep,
hasty; or cf. OHG. w?hi beatiful, good. Cf. {Jay}.]
1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or
   delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.

         Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. --Pope.

         Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed.      --Gray.

2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.

         Why is my neighbor's wife so gay?     --Chaucer.

         A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton
         dress!                                --Milton.

3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.]

Syn: Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly,
     sportive; light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial;
     joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious.


\Gay\, n.
An ornament [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

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