gay, adj., adv., & n. meangs, etymology, pronunciatn and more the Oxford English Dictnary
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- GAY
- GAYADJECTIVE, ADVERB, & NOUN
- MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
- 5 DICTNARY ENTRI FOR "GAY"
- THE OXFORD DICTNARY IS CHANGG THE DEFN OF 'MARRIAGE' TO INCLU GAY COUPL
- OXFORD DICTNARY DEFN OF MARRIAGE WILL NOW INCLU GAY MARRIAGE
GAY
Defn of gay_1 adjective Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictnary. Meang, pronunciatn, picture, example sentenc, grammar, age not, synonyms and more. * oxford english dictionary gay *
(of people, pecially men) sexually attracted to people of the same sex synonym homosexualgay menI didn't know he was she gay?
GAYADJECTIVE, ADVERB, & NOUN
* oxford english dictionary gay *
He is openly gay.
Oppose straightTopics People societyb2Oxford Collotns Dictnaryverbsbelooksound…adverbopenlyphrasgay and lbianSee full entry.
MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
"gay" published on by null." name="scriptn * oxford english dictionary gay *
[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, & 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.
5 DICTNARY ENTRI FOR "GAY"
gay fn: 1. sexually or romantilly attracted to people of the same genr and not to people of a different…. Learn more. * oxford english dictionary gay *
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.?
THE OXFORD DICTNARY IS CHANGG THE DEFN OF 'MARRIAGE' TO INCLU GAY COUPL
Gay is a word wh many meangs. A gay person is homosexual, but if we scribe somethg like a scene or a party as gay, that means 's bright, merry, and happy. * oxford english dictionary gay *
C1225–gay, v. 1581–gayal, n. 1791–gayatri, n.
OXFORD DICTNARY DEFN OF MARRIAGE WILL NOW INCLU GAY MARRIAGE
The Oxford English Dictnary is changg the fn of marriage to clu gay people light of the UK legalizg same-sex marriage. * oxford english dictionary gay *
1785–gay-bag, n. 1970–gay bar, n. 1947–gay-bash, v.
1987–gay-basher, n. 1975–gay-bashg, n.