gay : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gay \Gay\, n. An ornament [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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.
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