GAY Meang: "full of joy, merry; light-hearted, reee;" also "wanton, lewd, lasciv" (late 12c. as a surname,… See orig and meang of gay.
Contents:
- GAY (ADJ.)
- THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
- WHEN DID "GAY" BEE ASSOCIATED WH HOMOSEXUALY? [DUPLITE]
- THE ORIGS OF THE WORD ‘GAY’
GAY (ADJ.)
* etymology of the term gay *
Gay (adj. As a surname, Philipp Gay), om Old French gai "joyful, happy; pleasant, agreeably charmg; forward, pert; light-lored" (12c.
THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
; pare Old Spanish gayo, Portugue ga, Italian gajo, probably French loan-words). )) word gay by the 1890s had an overall tge of promiscuy — a gay hoe was a brothel.
WHEN DID "GAY" BEE ASSOCIATED WH HOMOSEXUALY? [DUPLITE]
The suggtn of immoraly the word n be traced back at least to the 1630s, if not to Chcer:But oure bed he was so sh and gay.
THE ORIGS OF THE WORD ‘GAY’
Whan that he wol han my bele slang meang "homosexual" (adj.