gay /gā/

1. Lively
2. Bright, colourful
3. Playful, merry
4. Pleasure-loving, dissipated (as in gay dog a rake) (archaic)
5. Of loose life, whorish (obsolete)
6. Showy
7. Spotted, speckled (dialect)
8. In modern use, homosexual (orig prison sl)
9. Relating to or frequented by homosexuals (as gay bar)
10. Inferior or unfashionable (slang)
11. (usu gey /gī/) great, considerable (Scot)
12. Often by hendiadys instead of an adv, as in gey and easy easy enough
13. Unduly familiar (old US)

Rather, fairly, considerably

1. A homosexual
2. A gallant (obsolete)

gaiˈety noun

Gayness (but not used in sense of homosexuality)

gaiˈly adverb

gayˈness noun

gayˈsome adjective (rare)

Gladsome

gayˈ-bashing noun (informal)

Violent victimization of homosexuals by heterosexuals

gay deceiver noun (old)

1. A libertine
2. (in pl) a foam-padded brassière (slang)

gay gene noun (informal)

A gene thought to influence a person's tendency to be homosexual

Gay Gordons noun

A traditional Scottish dance that involves a walking movement and a polka alternately

gay liberation noun

The freeing of homosexuals from social disadvantages and prejudice

gay plague noun (old offensive sl)

AIDS

gay rights plural noun

The rights of homosexuals to equal treatment with heterosexuals

gay science noun (historical)

A rendering of gai saber, the Provençal name for the art of poetry

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