Gay Defn & Meang - Merriam-Webster

Contents:

• GAY
• ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY
• QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
• DEFN OF 'GAY'
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
• MEANG OF GAY – LEARNER’S DICTNARY
• THE MEANG OF GAY: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO USE IT
• DEFINITIONS FOR GAYGEɪGAY

GAY

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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY

? SummaryIn the ntext of LGBTQ+ inty, the word gay is typilly ed reference to a person who is sexually and/or romantilly attracted to people of their own sex or genr. In the ntext of sexual inty, the word gay is generally ed to mean “of, relatg to, or beg a person who is sexually or romantilly attracted to people of their own sex or genr. See synonyms for gay on adjective,gay·er, gay·t.of, relatg to, or beg a person who is sexually or romantilly attracted to people of their own sex or genr: A gay uple strolled by on the boardwalk.of, relatg to, or beg a person who is sexually or romantilly attracted only to people of their own sex or genr: Gay and bisexual men are both discsed this study.of, ditg, or supportg terts or issu pertag to gay people or the gay muny: He giv charable ntributns to a gay anizatn.

QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

A person, pecially a man, who is sexually or romantilly attracted to people of the same sex or genr.a person, pecially a man, who is sexually or romantilly attracted exclively to people of the same sex or genr.Orig of gay1First rerd 1275–1325; Middle English gai, om Old French “happy, cheerful,” om Germanic; pare Old High German gāhi “fast, sudn”age alert For gayThe sexual orientatn meang of the word gay has bee so predomant that people hate to e the term s origal sens of “merry, lively” and “bright or showy.” But the word's associatn wh sexualy is not new. After World War II, as social attus toward sexualy began to change, gay was applied openly by gay men to themselv, first as an adjective and later as a noun.

DEFN OF 'GAY'

Age note For gayWords like gay and lbian are often ed as umbrella terms scribg anyone who experienc same-genr attractn, and also as more specific labels. Umbrella age, as gay marriage or lbian uple, typilly refers to any same-genr pairg, or to any person who is attracted to people of their own genr.

Other words om gaygay·ns, nounnon·gay, adjectiveWords Nearby gaygawkgawkygawpGawragawsygayGayagayalGaya MaretangayatrigaydarOther fns for Gay (2 of 2)nounJohn, 1685–1732, English poet and dramatist.a female or male given Unabridged. 2023How to e gay a sentence“I do not support gay marriag beg regnized Florida,” he wrote Andrew Walther of Sanford.That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his tratn that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.Some gay apps, like the newer Mister, have not subscribed to the muny/tribe mol.Meanwhile, Florida, Bh was flood wh qutns about whether gay marriage uld possibly e to the Sunshe State.In the 70s, this myth kept openly gay people out of teachg posns.Am I not France—gay, lightful France—partakg of the kdns and civily of the untry?After a moment's silence, the valiers both burst to a gay lgh.Never had Tom seen his gay and rels such guise: he was rtls, silent, tense and articulate.If had not been for the prence of Mamoiselle Stéphanie, would not have been gay for Aristi.The box of the diplomatic rps was jt oppose , and our gay ltle Mrs.

Sat drsed whe sat.Brish Dictnary fns for gay (1 of 2)adjectivehomosexualof or for homosexuals: a gay clubreee and merry: a gay temperamentbrightly loured; brilliant: a gay hatgiven to pleasure, p social entertament: a gay lifeOrig of gay1C13: om Old French gai, om Old Provençal, of Germanic origage For gayGayns is the word ed to refer to homosexualy. Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Cultural fns for gayDcriptive term for homosexuals.The New Dictnary of Cultural Leracy, Third Edn.

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY

Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny.

While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym. As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns.

MEANG OF GAY – LEARNER’S DICTNARY

” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs. Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men. On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist).

Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot, ” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man. World War II, as social attus toward sexualy began to change, gay was applied openly by homosexuals to themselv, first as an adjective and later.

THE MEANG OF GAY: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO USE IT

◊ When the noun gay is ed to refer to a specific person or specific people phras such as the thor is a gay or they are both gays, is often nsired offensive.

DEFINITIONS FOR GAYGEɪGAY

Homosexualy is still the rrect term clilly, but even though homosexualy is no longer nsired immoral, some people feel there are still negative overton to the word given s orig. For example, a person may feel same-sex sexual attractn but not intify as "gay" whereas another person who behav sexually towards men and women may intify as "gay.

The Enomist specifilly ced a pair of 13th and 14th-century poets, Rumi and Hafiz, who lived morn-day Iran and often wrote about homosexual relatnships. Billy Eichner, noted homosexual, found himself the target of some odd gossip when a clickba article toutg his relatnship wh Noelle star Anna Kendrick went viral. [only before noun] nnected wh people who are gaya gay club/barthe lbian and gay munythe gay and lbian sectn the bookstoreOxford Collotns Dictnaryverbsbelooksound…adverbopenlyphrasgay and lbianSee full entry.

[not before noun] (slang, disapprovg, offensive) (ed pecially by young people) an offensive way to scribe somethg you fd borg, stupid or not attractive (parative gayer, superlative gayt) (old-fashned) happy and full of fungay lghterShe felt lighthearted and gay. See also gaiety, gailyWord OrigMiddle English ( sense (4)): om Old French gai, of unknown whout thkg about the rults or effects of a particular actn See gay the Oxford Advanced Amerin DictnarySee gay the Oxford Learner's Dictnary of Amic EnglishCheck pronunciatn:.

Given to social pleasur, pecially at the expense of ser pursus: "You know she is gay, and wild, lov pany and mirth, and that was her impatience of rtrat the thgs, that ma the breach between her and her father" (Daniel Defoe).

]gay′ns Note: The word gay is now standard s e to refer to people whose sexual orientatn is to the same sex, large part bee is the term that most gay people prefer referrg to themselv. Gay is generally nsired objectnable when ed as a noun to refer to particular dividuals, as There were two gays on the panel; here phrasg such as Two members of the panel were gay is preferable. But there is no objectn to the e of the noun the plural to refer llectively eher to gay men or to gay men and lbians, so long as is clear whether men alone or both men and women are beg discsed.

1685–1732, English poet and dramatist; thor of The Beggar's Opera (1728)Colls English Dictnary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edn 2014 © HarperColls Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014gay (geɪ) adj., -er, -t, n., adv. A homosexual man n be referred to as a gays were worried about the new is sometim ed to scribe lours, plac, or piec of mic which make people feel cheerful bee they are bright or lively.

ThsAntonymsRelated - someone who practic homosexualy; havg a sexual attractn to persons of the same sexhomo, homophile, homosexualdividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human beg; "there was too much for one person to do"gay man - a homosexual mangay woman, triba - a female - bright and pleasant; promotg a feelg of cheer; "a cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny se"cheery, sunnycheerful - beg full of or promotg cheer; havg or showg good spirs; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greetg"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone nfed to a hospal bed uld be" - full of or showg high-spired merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet uld not but be gay, such a jocund pany"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the rnn"; "jolly old Sat Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry lghter"; "a mirthful lgh"jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthfuljoyo - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyo abandon"; "joyo lghter" - given to social pleasur often cludg dissipatn; "led a gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue wh an eye for the ladi"dulgent - characterized by or given to yieldg to the wish of someone; "dulgent grandparents" - brightly lored and showy; "girls cked out brave new drs"; "brave banners flyg"; "`braw' is a Sttish word"; "a drs a b too gay for her years"; "birds wh gay plumage"braw, bravelourful, lorful - strikg variety and tert; "a lorful perd of history"; "a lorful character"; "lorful language" - offerg fun and gaiety; "a ftive (or ftal) ocsn"; "gay and excg night life"; "a merry eveng"ftal, ftive, merryjoyo - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyo abandon"; "joyo lghter" - homosexual or arog homosexual sirhomophile, queerBased on WordNet 3. Homosexual, mp (rmal), lbian, pk (rmal), bent (offensive slang), queer (rmal, rogatory), same-sex, sapphic, dykey (slang), poofy (offensive slang), moffie (S.

Cheerful, happy, bright, glad, lively, sparklg, sunny, jolly, animated, merry, upbeat (rmal), buoyant, cheery, joyo, joyful, reee, jnty, chirpy (rmal), vivac, jovial, gleeful, bonair, blhe, souciant, full of beans (rmal), light-hearted I am good health, gay and cheerful. Rogatory slang), batty boy (slang), bull dyke (slang), shirt-lifter (rogatory slang), dyke or dike (slang) Gays have proved themselv to be style lears.

Translatnsزاهٍلواطيلواطي، أحادي الجنسمَرِح، جَذِلбезгриженвеселхомосексуаленшаренhomosexuálhomosexuálníjásavýptrývelýbøssefarvtrålengladhomoseksuellbisk kvgajasamseksemaeläväenhilpeähomohomoseksuaaleniloenboldogmelegkátur, glaîværlskrúîugursamkynhneigîurgėjhomoseksualistashomoseksualistųhomoseksualjtrskošspriecīgsspilgtshomoseksualenvelgaygladhomohomosexuellltiggay [geɪ]A.

1971, 1988 © HarperColls Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005gay [ˈgeɪ] adj(old-fashned) (= cheerful) → gai(e) [lour] → gai(e)Colls English/French Electronic Rource. © HarperColls Publishers 2005gay adj (+er)(= homosexual) person → schwul (f); (= for homosexuals) rights → für Schwule; sex → unter Schwulen; gay men and women → Schwule und Lben pl (f); gay movement → Schwulenbewegung f; gay bar → Schwulenkneipe f; gay marriage → gleichgchlechtliche Ehe, Homoehe f (f); gay group → Schwulengppe f; the gay muny → die Schwulen pl n → Schwule(r) mf; gay lib → die SchwulenbewegungColls German Dictnary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edn 2005.

English-Spanish Medil Dictnary © Farlex 2012gay adj & n gay mf, homosexual mf, (female) lbianaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medil Dictnary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Compani, Inc.