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Meaning of gay
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gay
adj 1: bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a
cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" [syn:
{cheery}, {gay}, {sunny}]
2: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were
young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a
jocund company"- Wordsworth; "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" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jolly}, {jovial},
{merry}, {mirthful}]
3: given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a
gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the
ladies"
4: brightly colored and showy; "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" [syn: {brave}, {braw}, {gay}]
5: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion";
"gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: {gay},
{festal}, {festive}, {merry}]
6: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: {gay},
{queer}, {homophile(a)}]
n 1: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual
attraction to persons of the same sex [syn: {homosexual},
{homophile}, {homo}, {gay}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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