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单词 gayness
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gaynessn.

Brit. /ˈɡeɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪnᵻs/
Forms: see gay adj. and -ness suffix; also 1600s gainesse.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gay adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < gay adj. + -ness suffix. Compare gaiety n.
1. Delight, merriment, pleasure; (also) an instance of this. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun]
dreamOE
man-dreamOE
gleea1200
galec1200
bauderyc1386
oliprancec1390
cheera1393
gaynessc1400
disportc1405
joyousitiea1450
festivitya1500
lakea1500
gaiety1573
merriment1574
jucundity1575
galliardise?1577
jouissance1579
merrymake1579
jolliment1590
mirth1591
jollyhead1596
spleen1598
jocantry16..
geniality1609
jovialty1621
jocundry1637
gaietry1650
sport1671
fun1726
galliardism1745
gig1777
merrymaking1779
hilarity1834
rollick1852
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 81 But in gaynesse and in glotonye for-glotten her goode hem-selue, And breken nouȝte to þe beggar.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 97 (MED) Oftyms also odyr noys happyns þat gaynes & swetnes of lufars sturbyls.
a1586 in J. Pinkerton Anc. Sc. Poems (1786) 192 The gaynis of my yeiris gent, The flouris of my fresche youtheid, I wait nocht how away is went.
1618 G. Herbert Let. Sept. in Wks. (1941) Introd. p. xxviii Such like Gaynesses, which will please a young man well.
1667 J. Sergeant Faith Vindicated vii. 95 Let them dispense a while with pursuing their affected Gaynesses in the Out-sides of words, and take the pains to look into their Meanings.
2.
a. Brightness of colour; dressiness, display, pomp. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > fine or gay appearance
gaynessc1443
show1539
fineness1553
bravery1573
brave1596
gaudiness1601
gallantry1613
gaiety1625
blow1710
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 246 (MED) Alle suche gay and costiose araies..worschipen not þee, god..in her owne substauncis bi her gaynes and costiosenes.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 255 For to speke and write tho wordis in sum gaynes and bewte..thei vsiden certein colouris of rethorik.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. xix. 727 Clerkes did everywhere sheare their heads, least they should seem to covet the gainesse of haire.
a1594 J. Aylmer in J. Strype Hist. Coll. J. Aylmer (1701) xiii. 274 Oh! ye English Ladies, learn rather..to make your Queen rich for your Defence, than your Husbands poor for your garish Gayness.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. ii. sig. Bv A modest eye forceth affection, Whilest outward gainesse light lookes but entice.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iii. 111 Our Gaynesse and our Gilt are all besmyrcht.
1660 S. Ford Παραλληλα 21 Such pomp and glory as declared how glad his Subjects were in their hearts, by the gayness of their habits.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads v. 77 In Hyla..he dwelt..And known was by the gayness of his Belt.
1805 Times 7 Apr. 3/1 The crowd of spectators, who had become a little impatient at the delay, seemed to consider themselves as rewarded for their loss of time by the gayness and splendour of the show.
1887 Times 23 Mar. 5/1 The gayness of its festive robes was naturally most conspicuous in Unter den Linden, with festoons of flags and greenery in festive shapes.
1910 Times 20 June 7/1 A medley of craft, alike only in the gayness of their bunting.
1974 Artibus Asiae 36 139 The gayness of this headdress, including the strings of beads that hang from either side, form a contrast to the grief expressed in his face.
b. A decoration, a distinction. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > an) honour(s) or distinction
worshipOE
mensk?c1225
pre-eminence1433
honoura1500
pre-eminency1555
a feather in the cap, hat1581
garland1591
honorarium1609
honorary1610
blushing honours1623
signal1655
gayness1670
honourability1694
honourable mention1797
special mention1886
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > embellishment > an) ornament(s)
coloursc1405
rhetoricc1425
gaudc1430
flower1508
flourish1603
embellishment1632
flosculation1651
floscule1669
gayness1670
floresa1734
taga1734
1670 I. Walton Life G. Herbert 93 in Lives The Orator..takes place next the Doctors, is at all their Assemblies and Meetings and sits above the Proctors, is Regent or Non-regent at his pleasure, and such like Gaynesses.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. Those borrowed words & gaynesses, that Englishmen have pickt and cull'd from other Tongues.
3. = gaiety n. 1. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun]
blithenessc1000
blithec1400
cheerfulness1435
chertec1449
jocundness1482
hilarity1568
cheerliness1571
good humour1571
exhilaration1626
cheerishness1645
geniality1652
jocundry1655
cheeriness1658
brightness1660
shine1710
flow of spirits1716
sunshine1717
genialness1727
festiveness1777
sunniness1829
riancy1834
gleesomeness1847
Euphrasia1882
hilariousness1885
blithesomeness1886
gayness1896
1671 C. Wase tr. B. Priolo Hist. France vii. 308 This Gentleman of whom we speak was for the gayness of his spirit, and comeliness of his person, taken into the Graces of Margaret Roban, and married her by the mediation of Conde the Father.
1717 W. Taverner Artful Husband (new ed.) i. 17 I am delighted with the Gayness of your Temper, charm'd with your Freedom, like what you like, and will pursue the Joys of Life.
1804 Hermit's Medit. in G. Huddesford Wiccamical Chaplet 28 If cheerful Mirth A gayness o'er this baldness cast; Delusive, fleeting joy! Where is it now?—'Tis past.
1896 Advance (Chicago) Oct. 438 ‘There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip,’ she quoted with a gayness that belied her own words.
1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife xxix. 367 Ingram walking beside her with his hands in his pockets and a gayness about his heels felt triumphant.
1967 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Jan. 53/1 Everywhere there is gayness and happiness... Children wake up to thousands of presents.
4. colloquial (originally U.S.). Homosexuality.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun]
sexual inversion1883
inversion1891
homosexuality1892
uranism1893
Uranianism1909
homoeroticism1915
homoerotism1916
queerness1925
homoism1927
homophiliaa1942
gayness1954
queerdom1961
poofdom1972
gaydom1978
1954 J. Kerouac Let. 26 Oct. in J. Kerouac & A. Ginsberg Lett. (2010) 247 He, like Baldwin, colored, I think gay,—Baldwin is gay. I don't dig all this gayness.
1970 Elk Grove (Illinois) Herald 17 Apr. i. 2/4 A Gay man usually has a traumatic experience in his background. A woman's gayness is determined more by social context.
1981 ‘Q. Crisp’ How to become Virgin vi. 85 Public interest was beginning to be focussed on me just when the new image of gayness (by no means the same thing as gaiety) was being advertised.
1989 Japan Times 21 May 12/4 When it was really risky, he refused to hide his gayness—even in the heart of the macho black community.
2001 A. Solomon Noonday Demon (2002) iii. 203 This is in the Netherlands,..where we are more open to gayness than almost anywhere else in the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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