gay
Homosexual:
Adjective 4 meanings
Homosexual:
“Cliff is gay, but his twin brother is straight.”
Happy, joyful, and lively.
“The Gay Science”
Quick, fast.
Festive, bright, or colourful.
“Pennsylvania Dutch include the plain folk and the gay folk.”
Noun 2 meanings
A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.
Verb 2 meanings
To make happy or cheerful.
To cause (something, e.g. AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
Adverb 1 meaning
Considerably, very.
Etymology
From Middle English gay, from Old French gai (“joyful, laughing, merry”), usually thought to be a borrowing of Old Occitan gai (“impetuous, lively”), from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”), merging with earlier Old French jai ("merry"; see jay), from Frankish *gāhi; both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden”).
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GAY at a glance
GAY has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (G 2 + A 1 + Y 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,300 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gay
All rhymes- ANTIGAY11
- NOSEGAY11
- MARGAY12
- NONGAY10
- MORGAY12
- LANCEGAY14
- LESBIGAY14
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