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

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