geyadv.adj.

Brit.

/ɡeɪ/, U.S.

/ɡeɪ/, Scottish English

/ɡaɪ/,

/ɡe/, Irish English

/ɡeː/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s gaay, 1800s– gaie, 1800s– gay, 1800s– gey; Irish English (Wexford) 1800s gaaye, 1800s gai; Irish English (northern) 1800s gie, 1800s gy, 1800s gye, 1800s– guy; Scottish 1600s– gay, 1700s– gye, 1800s gai, 1800s gaie, 1800s gui, 1800s guy, 1800s gway, 1800s– gae, 1800s– gaye, 1800s– gey, 1800s– gie, 1900s– gei, 1900s– gy.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: gay adv.; gay adj.

Etymology: Originally a variant of gay adv. and gay adj., now usually distinguished in form in the senses below.

Scottish, Irish English (chiefly northern), and English regional (northern)

A. adv.

Very. Also in weaker sense: considerably, ‘pretty’. a gey few = a good few at few adj., pron., and n. Phrases 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb]

stronglyeOE

felec950

strongeOE

highlyOE

highOE

greatlya1200

stourlya1225

greata1325

dreec1330

deeplya1400

mightya1400

dreichlyc1400

mighty?a1425

sorec1440

mainlyc1450

greatumly1456

madc1487

profoundly1489

stronglya1492

muchwhata1513

shrewlya1529

heapa1547

vengeance?1548

sorely1562

smartlyc1580

mightly1582

mightily1587

violently1601

intensively1604

almightily1612

violent1629

seriously1643

intensely1646

importunately1660

shrewdly1664

gey1686

sadly1738

plenty1775

vitally1787

substantively1795

badly1813

far1814

heavily1819

serious1825

measurably1834

dearly1843

bally1939

majorly1955

sizzlingly1956

majorly1978

fecking1983

1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. Ep. Ded. Your Enemies (of which..yo've had a gay convenient number).

?a1799 J. Burness Thrummy Cap (1804) 14 I thought her ance a gay smart lass.

1807 J. Carr Caledonian Sketches xii. 212 It is a gaie (very) bonnie place to be out of the world.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 159 I ken I'm gay thick in the head.

1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer I. 65 He was a gey (considerably) auld man than.

1884 Good Words 25 229 There was a gay few folks waiting to cross.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ii. 23 I've seen him colloguing with some gey queer acquaintances.

1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy 34 A woman that was gey gruel to me.

1913 A. F. Irvine My Lady of Chimney-corner 12 Some said she would make ‘a gey good schoolmistress’.

1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down i. ii. 15 It's that Yard Seam that's troubling them, Paddy. That seam's worried them for a gay long time.

1951 S. H. Bell December Bride i. v. 37 He was a good man,..and he was gey fond of you.

1978 Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. No. 40. 40 Fadder wes a gay good hand et catchen rabbits... Fadder hed gay strang views aboot cooken ov a Sunda.

2001 J. Paisley Not for Glory 245 It was gey near the middle ae the day afore he feenished.

B. adj.

1. gey and (…) (also geyan, gyan, and variants) (followed by an adjective): considerably, ‘pretty’.

ΚΠ

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i. Song i Last Morning I was gay and early out.

1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 116 To ken what is to be refus'd,..Shou'd gay an' aften on be mus'd.

a1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 96 Our wealth is gatherin' gey an' slow,'Twill ne'er be great, I fear.

1848 J. Boyce Shandy M'Guire i. 7 Guid day, neighbor,..yer guy an' early at wark this mornin'.

1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 122 Isna that man..geyan like John Gordon, the Elgin plumber?

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) It's gy an' hot the day.

1884 Illustr. London News 24 May 510/3 You're gey and wet.

1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle 1 It's gey and hard wark' [sic] coupin' gless for gless Wi' Cruivie and Gilsanquhar and the like.

1991 T. S. Law in T. Hubbard New Makars 34 This was a sairlik jobe tae tak, An gif the chiel was no sae swack O mynd as caw gy caunnilie, But gabbit gyan coorselik, say, He'd finnd the waefou news as ill.

?2002 I. W. D. Forde Hale ir Sindries ii. viii. 176 A’m geyan sairie ye bene incarcerat on ma behauf.

2. Tolerable, moderately good, ‘middling’; considerable, respectable; used esp. of quantity or amount, but also of quality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > considerable in amount or degree

goodeOE

fairOE

goodlyc1275

largea1375

no littlea1413

substantial1413

unleast?1440

prettya1475

reasonablea1500

substantious1545

substantive1575

sensible1581

pretty and ——1596

goody1597

greatish1611

considerable1651

sonsy1721

respectable1736

smart1750

quite a little ——1763

gey1796

smartish1799

canny1805

serious1810

right smart1825

dunnamuch1831

snug1833

tidy1839

bonnyish1855

largish1872

a nice little ——1891

significant1898

healthy1901

beaucoup1917

1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 322 Gay, considerable; middling; ordinary.

1801 Seward Lonsdale Dial. (E.D.S. No. 76) 54 Thau knaes it'tle be a gay dele, when it's o put tagidder.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 6 Kippletringan was distant at first, ‘a gey bit’. Then the ‘gey bit’ was more accurately described, as ‘aiblins three miles’.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) He's a gay sort of fellow.

1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. (at cited word) Gay luck.

1863 J. Hamilton Poems 39 An' cleed their limbs wi' decent claes, A gey bit nearer tae the taes.

1869 R. B. Peacock Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Gay, considerable, moderately numerous or large; as, ‘A gay bit’ = A considerable piece or quantity.

1869 A. C. Gibson Folk-speech Cumberland 111 Jack Slipe follow't by his-sel' a gay bit behint 'em.

1924 Hawick Express 22 Aug. 3 Aw dinna say that a' drivers are guilty o' gaun owre quick, but a gei few o' them seem tae hae little regaird for th' safety o' th' public.

1936 D. Bruce Cried on Sunday 9 Ay, 'Liza, ye'll ken a gye odds fan ye'r mairret.

1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes ix. 122 Aye faith. But they're gey hills, the Cairngorms.

1976 Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. No. 38. 39 Ah nivver really spock t' dialect proper, but Ah hev a gey lot ev dialect sayings Ah offen let slip oot, unbeknawen like!

2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 7 Jan. 8/4 (caption) Wha's like us? Gey few cos we're all failures.

2005 M. Rodger Borth'ick Waitter (SCOTS) Ma faither an mei did ae gey bit o wurk fur Mr. Campbell-Frazer i the Big Hoose an on the Estate ana.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gey
释义	geyadv.adj. Brit. /ɡeɪ/, U.S. /ɡeɪ/, Scottish English /ɡaɪ/, /ɡe/, Irish English /ɡeː/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s gaay, 1800s– gaie, 1800s– gay, 1800s– gey; Irish English (Wexford) 1800s gaaye, 1800s gai; Irish English (northern) 1800s gie, 1800s gy, 1800s gye, 1800s– guy; Scottish 1600s– gay, 1700s– gye, 1800s gai, 1800s gaie, 1800s gui, 1800s guy, 1800s gway, 1800s– gae, 1800s– gaye, 1800s– gey, 1800s– gie, 1900s– gei, 1900s– gy. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: gay adv.; gay adj. Etymology: Originally a variant of gay adv. and gay adj., now usually distinguished in form in the senses below. Scottish, Irish English (chiefly northern), and English regional (northern) A. adv. Very. Also in weaker sense: considerably, ‘pretty’. a gey few = a good few at few adj., pron., and n. Phrases 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] stronglyeOE felec950 strongeOE highlyOE highOE greatlya1200 stourlya1225 greata1325 dreec1330 deeplya1400 mightya1400 dreichlyc1400 mighty?a1425 sorec1440 mainlyc1450 greatumly1456 madc1487 profoundly1489 stronglya1492 muchwhata1513 shrewlya1529 heapa1547 vengeance?1548 sorely1562 smartlyc1580 mightly1582 mightily1587 violently1601 intensively1604 almightily1612 violent1629 seriously1643 intensely1646 importunately1660 shrewdly1664 gey1686 sadly1738 plenty1775 vitally1787 substantively1795 badly1813 far1814 heavily1819 serious1825 measurably1834 dearly1843 bally1939 majorly1955 sizzlingly1956 majorly1978 fecking1983 1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. Ep. Ded. Your Enemies (of which..yo've had a gay convenient number). ?a1799 J. Burness Thrummy Cap (1804) 14 I thought her ance a gay smart lass. 1807 J. Carr Caledonian Sketches xii. 212 It is a gaie (very) bonnie place to be out of the world. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 159 I ken I'm gay thick in the head. 1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer I. 65 He was a gey (considerably) auld man than. 1884 Good Words 25 229 There was a gay few folks waiting to cross. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ii. 23 I've seen him colloguing with some gey queer acquaintances. 1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy 34 A woman that was gey gruel to me. 1913 A. F. Irvine My Lady of Chimney-corner 12 Some said she would make ‘a gey good schoolmistress’. 1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down i. ii. 15 It's that Yard Seam that's troubling them, Paddy. That seam's worried them for a gay long time. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride i. v. 37 He was a good man,..and he was gey fond of you. 1978 Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. No. 40. 40 Fadder wes a gay good hand et catchen rabbits... Fadder hed gay strang views aboot cooken ov a Sunda. 2001 J. Paisley Not for Glory 245 It was gey near the middle ae the day afore he feenished. B. adj. 1. gey and (…) (also geyan, gyan, and variants) (followed by an adjective): considerably, ‘pretty’. ΚΠ 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i. Song i Last Morning I was gay and early out. 1788 J. Macaulay Poems Var. Subj. 116 To ken what is to be refus'd,..Shou'd gay an' aften on be mus'd. a1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 96 Our wealth is gatherin' gey an' slow,'Twill ne'er be great, I fear. 1848 J. Boyce Shandy M'Guire i. 7 Guid day, neighbor,..yer guy an' early at wark this mornin'. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 122 Isna that man..geyan like John Gordon, the Elgin plumber? 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) It's gy an' hot the day. 1884 Illustr. London News 24 May 510/3 You're gey and wet. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle 1 It's gey and hard wark' [sic] coupin' gless for gless Wi' Cruivie and Gilsanquhar and the like. 1991 T. S. Law in T. Hubbard New Makars 34 This was a sairlik jobe tae tak, An gif the chiel was no sae swack O mynd as caw gy caunnilie, But gabbit gyan coorselik, say, He'd finnd the waefou news as ill. ?2002 I. W. D. Forde Hale ir Sindries ii. viii. 176 A’m geyan sairie ye bene incarcerat on ma behauf. 2. Tolerable, moderately good, ‘middling’; considerable, respectable; used esp. of quantity or amount, but also of quality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > considerable in amount or degree goodeOE fairOE goodlyc1275 largea1375 no littlea1413 substantial1413 unleast?1440 prettya1475 reasonablea1500 substantious1545 substantive1575 sensible1581 pretty and ——1596 goody1597 greatish1611 considerable1651 sonsy1721 respectable1736 smart1750 quite a little ——1763 gey1796 smartish1799 canny1805 serious1810 right smart1825 dunnamuch1831 snug1833 tidy1839 bonnyish1855 largish1872 a nice little ——1891 significant1898 healthy1901 beaucoup1917 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 322 Gay, considerable; middling; ordinary. 1801 Seward Lonsdale Dial. (E.D.S. No. 76) 54 Thau knaes it'tle be a gay dele, when it's o put tagidder. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 6 Kippletringan was distant at first, ‘a gey bit’. Then the ‘gey bit’ was more accurately described, as ‘aiblins three miles’. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) He's a gay sort of fellow. 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. (at cited word) Gay luck. 1863 J. Hamilton Poems 39 An' cleed their limbs wi' decent claes, A gey bit nearer tae the taes. 1869 R. B. Peacock Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Gay, considerable, moderately numerous or large; as, ‘A gay bit’ = A considerable piece or quantity. 1869 A. C. Gibson Folk-speech Cumberland 111 Jack Slipe follow't by his-sel' a gay bit behint 'em. 1924 Hawick Express 22 Aug. 3 Aw dinna say that a' drivers are guilty o' gaun owre quick, but a gei few o' them seem tae hae little regaird for th' safety o' th' public. 1936 D. Bruce Cried on Sunday 9 Ay, 'Liza, ye'll ken a gye odds fan ye'r mairret. 1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes ix. 122 Aye faith. But they're gey hills, the Cairngorms. 1976 Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. No. 38. 39 Ah nivver really spock t' dialect proper, but Ah hev a gey lot ev dialect sayings Ah offen let slip oot, unbeknawen like! 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 7 Jan. 8/4 (caption) Wha's like us? Gey few cos we're all failures. 2005 M. Rodger Borth'ick Waitter (SCOTS) Ma faither an mei did ae gey bit o wurk fur Mr. Campbell-Frazer i the Big Hoose an on the Estate ana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1686
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