Defn of gay_1 adjective Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictnary. Meang, pronunciatn, picture, example sentenc, grammar, age not, synonyms and more.
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GAY
* gay in the oxford dictionary *
(of people, pecially men) sexually attracted to people of the same sex synonym homosexualgay menI didn't know he was she gay? He is openly gay. Oppose straightTopics People societyb2Oxford Collotns Dictnaryverbsbelooksound…adverbopenlyphrasgay and lbianSee full entry.
[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. (old-fashned) brightly louredThe garn was gay wh red geraniums.
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:. gay.
GAYADJECTIVE, ADVERB, & NOUN
gay, adj., adv., & n. meangs, etymology, pronunciatn and more the Oxford English Dictnary * gay in the oxford dictionary *
gayadjective, adverb, & nounThere are 31 meangs listed OED's entry for the word gay, ne of which are labelled obsolete, and one of which is nsired offensive.
See ‘Meang & e’ for fns, age, and quotatn has veloped meangs and subjects cludg About 20occurrenc per ln words morn wrten English Earlit known eMiddle EnglishThe earlit known e of the word gay is the Middle English perd (1150—1500)'s earlit evince for gay is om around 1225, Ancrene is a borrowg om French. 1720–gay, adj., adv., & n.? C1225–gay, v.
GAY
"gay" published on by null." name="scriptn * gay in the oxford dictionary *
1581–gayal, n. 1791–gayatri, n. 1785–gay-bag, n.
1970–gay bar, n. 1947–gay-bash, v. 1987–gay-basher, n.
1975–gay-bashg, n. 1977–gaybe, n. 1842–66gay bla, n.
GAY
Defn of gay_1 adjective Oxford Advanced Amerin Dictnary. Meang, pronunciatn, picture, example sentenc, grammar, age not, synonyms and more. * gay in the oxford dictionary *
An adjective meang cheerful or reee that acquired an associatn wh loose morals and sexual licentns the 19th century, and approximately the 1940s me to e among members of the homosexual muny to scribe male homosexualy.
gay adj. adjectiveNAmE//ɡeɪ//jump to other rults1(of people, pecially men) sexually attracted to people of the same sex synonym homosexual gay men I didn't know he was gay. Is she gay?
MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
Defn of gay_2 noun Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictnary. Meang, pronunciatn, picture, example sentenc, grammar, age not, synonyms and more. * gay in the oxford dictionary *
2[only before noun] nnected wh people who are gay a gay club/bar the lbian and gay muny. 3[not before noun] (slang) (disapprovg) (ed pecially by young people) borg and not fashnable or attractive That rgtone is so gay!