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gay
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[ adjective ] bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
Examples "a cheery hello" "a gay sunny room" "a sunny smile" Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)First , it appears to be based on the fact that on its title_page Utopia is described as `` festivus '' , `` gay '' . It overlooks the other fact that it is described as `` Nec minus salutaris quam festivus '' , `` no less salutary than gay '' . It also overlooks the fact that in a rational lexicon , and quite clearly in More 's lexicon , the opposite of serious is not gay but frivolous , and the opposite of gay is not serious but solemn . It also overlooks the fact that in a rational lexicon , and quite clearly in More 's lexicon , the opposite of serious is not gay but frivolous , and the opposite of gay is not serious but solemn . More believed that a man could be both serious and gay . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (color) brightly colored and showy
Examples "girls decked out in brave new dresses" "brave banners flying" "`braw' is a Scottish word" "a dress a bit too gay for her years" "birds with gay plumage" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Still Andrena will do a reasonably good job , so that an animal with a full pollen load looks_like a gay little piece of yellow down floating in the wind . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)He crossed the tracks to Delaware_House , where ladies in gay dresses and men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Examples "when hearts were young and gay" "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" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He knew the faces of all , hairy or shaven , old or young , fat or thin , suffering or hardened , sad or gay , good or bad . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)They had spent the morning revising the act , eliminating all the gay songs , patter and dancing with a view of the best public_relations . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] given to social pleasures often including dissipation
Examples "led a gay Bohemian life" "a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He knew the faces of all , hairy or shaven , old or young , fat or thin , suffering or hardened , sad or gay , good or bad . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (sexuality) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)The Serge_Prokofieff whom we knew in the United_States_of_America was gay , witty , mercurial , full of pranks and bonheur - and very capable as a professional musician . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] offering fun and gaiety
Examples "a gala ball after the inauguration" "a festive (or festal) occasion" "gay and exciting night life" "a merry evening" Used in print (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)Prohibition was the law of the land , but it was unpopular ( how many of us oldsters took_up drinking in prohibition days , drinking was so gay , so fashionable , especially in the sophisticated Northeast ! ) Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 774
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 795
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[ noun ] (sexuality) someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
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