Defn of gay_1 adjective Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictnary. Meang, pronunciatn, picture, example sentenc, grammar, age not, synonyms and more.
Contents:
- GAY
- DEFN OF 'GAY'
- WHAT IS THE PARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM OF GAY?
- WHAT IS THE SUPERLATIVE FOR THE WORD GAY?
- HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG
GAY
* superlative form gay *
(of people, pecially men) sexually attracted to people of the same sex synonym homosexualgay menI didn't know he was she 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.
DEFN OF 'GAY'
Gay fn: A gay person is homosexual. | Meang, pronunciatn, translatns and exampl * superlative form gay *
[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.
WHAT IS THE PARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM OF 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:.
(n be offensive) A gay person is ually a man sexually attracted to mal; also a woman attracted to femal. Gay suggts a lightns of heart or livels of mood that is openly manifted: when hearts were young and gay.
WHAT IS THE SUPERLATIVE FOR THE WORD GAY?
Merry is often terchangeable wh gay: a merry disposn; a merry party; suggts, even more than the latter, nvivial animated enjoyment. This sexual world clud homosexuals too, and gay as an adjective meang “homosexual” go back at least to the early 1900s.
HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG
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.