Gay Defn & Meang - Merriam-Webster

Contents:

• GAY
• MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
• GAY MAN
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
• FLAG THIS! GAY MEN SYMBOLS AND MEANG BEHD THEM
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
• THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
• THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

GAY

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.

When the tend meang is not ntextually evint, the phras gay and lbian or lbian and gay are monly ed. 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.

MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

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. [C13: om Old French gai, om Old Provençal, of Germanic orig]ˈgayns nUsage: Gayns is the word ed to refer to homosexualy. The noun which refers to beg reee and merry is gaietyGay (ɡeɪ) n (Bgraphy) John.

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. [1275–1325; < Old French < Germanic; pare Old High German gāhi fast, sudn] gay′ns, n.

GAY MAN

Gay was applied openly by homosexuals to themselv, first as adjective and later as noun.

All rights morn English, if you say that a person is gay, you mean that they are homosexual. 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.

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

Lourful, rich, bright, brilliant, vivid, flamboyant, flashy, gdy, garish, showy I like gay, vibrant posters. Homosexual, lbian, fairy (slang), queer (rmal, rogatory), faggot (slang, chiefly U. Rogatory slang), batty boy (slang), bull dyke (slang), shirt-lifter (rogatory slang), dyke or dike (slang) Gays have proved themselv to be style lears.

FLAG THIS! GAY MEN SYMBOLS AND MEANG BEHD THEM

Homosexual straight, heterosexualUsage: By far the most mon and up-to-date e of the word gay is reference to beg homosexual. Translatnsزاهٍلواطيلواطي، أحادي الجنسمَرِح، جَذِلбезгриженвеселхомосексуаленшаренhomosexuálhomosexuálníjásavýptrývelýbøssefarvtrålengladhomoseksuellbisk kvgajasamseksemaeläväenhilpeähomohomoseksuaaleniloenboldogmelegkátur, glaîværlskrúîugursamkynhneigîurgėjhomoseksualistashomoseksualistųhomoseksualjtrskošspriecīgsspilgtshomoseksualenvelgaygladhomohomosexuellltiggay [geɪ]A.

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?

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.

THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”

© 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.

THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

1980 © HarperColls Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007gay [geɪ]1.

N (homosexual) → gay mColls Italian Dictnary 1st Edn © HarperColls Publishers 1995gay (gei) adjective1. 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. (Defn of gay om the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictnary & Ths © Cambridge Universy Prs).