Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Gay
<>Main Entry: 1gay
Pronunciation: \'gā\ Function: adjective
- Etymology:
- Middle English, from Anglo-French gai,
of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gāhi quick, sudden
- Date:
- 14th century
1 a:
happily excited : merry <in a gay mood> b:
keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high
spirits <a bird's gay spring song>2 a: bright,
lively <gay
sunny meadows> b:
brilliant in color3:
given to social pleasures ;
also : licentious4 a: homosexual
<gay men> b:
of, relating to, or used by homosexuals <the gay
rights movement> <a gay bar>
synonyms see lively
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