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Gay   /geɪ/   Listen
Gay

adjective
(compar. gayer; superl. gayest)
1.
Bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer.  Synonyms: cheery, sunny.  "A gay sunny room" , "A sunny smile"
2.
Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.  Synonyms: jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful.  "A poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company" , "The jolly crowd at the reunion" , "Jolly old Saint Nick" , "A jovial old gentleman" , "Have a merry Christmas" , "Peals of merry laughter" , "A mirthful laugh"
3.
Given to social pleasures often including dissipation.  "A gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies"
4.
Brightly colored and showy.  Synonyms: brave, braw.  "Brave banners flying" , "'braw' is a Scottish word" , "A dress a bit too gay for her years" , "Birds with gay plumage"
5.
Offering fun and gaiety.  Synonyms: festal, festive, merry.  "Gay and exciting night life" , "A merry evening"
6.
Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires.  Synonyms: homophile, queer.
noun
1.
Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex.  Synonyms: homo, homophile, homosexual.



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"Gay" Quotes from Famous Books



... louder than the rest, "the others may be honest folk! Only one came in. I saw him! I shall know him! You can tell him by his gay dress!" ...
— My Sword's My Fortune - A Story of Old France • Herbert Hayens
... visitors—here comes a gay four-in-hand heavily loaded sweeping by on its road to that summer town. There is much ironstone in the soil round about. At the edge of the park stands an old farmhouse of timber and red tile, with red oast-house beside it, built with those gables which ...
— Field and Hedgerow • Richard Jefferies
... seafaring merchant of the Vier Marchi, whose massive, brass-studded bahue had been as a gay bazaar where the gentry of Jersey refreshed their wardrobes, with one eye closed—when he was transferred to the Vier Prison, little wonder he should become a dreadful being round whom played the lightnings ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... stripes, and their own flag, which is a staff adorned with feathers from the war eagle; and the noon-day sun gave brilliancy to their gay dresses, and the feathers and ornaments ...
— Dahcotah - Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling • Mary Eastman
... naval usage, on Christmas Day, after Divine Service, on board every ship, the officers, headed by the Captain, visit the men at dinner in their messes, which are always gay with seasonable decorations. At the end of each table stands the cook of the mess, to offer the Captain samples of the dinner he has prepared. These are tasted by the officers, and, with a hearty exchange of good wishes, the procession ...
— The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914 • Various


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