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| English Dictionary: gay |
by the
DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for gay |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- gay
- adj
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a
cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile"
Synonym(s): cheery, gay, sunny
- 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"
Synonym(s): gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
- 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"
Synonym(s): brave, braw, gay
- offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"
Synonym(s): gay, festal, festive, merry
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
Synonym(s): gay, queer, homophile(a)
- n
- someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual
attraction to persons of the same sex
Synonym(s): homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gay \Gay\, n.
An ornament [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Gay \Gay\, a. [Compar. {Gayer}; superl. {Gayest}.] [F. gai,
perhaps fr. OHG. g[?]hi swift, rapid, G. g[84]h, j[84]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.
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| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Gay, GA (town, FIPS 32384)
Location: 33.09367 N, 84.57400 W
Population (1990): 133 (64 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Gay, MI
Zip code(s): 49945
Gay, WV
Zip code(s): 25244
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