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21gay — [adj1] happy alert, animate, animated, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper*, chirpy, confident, convivial, devil may care*, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, fun loving, gamesome, glad, gleeful, hilarious …
22gay — Gay, qu on prononce Geay, Graccus, Gracculus. Gay et joyeux, Hilaris, {{t=g}}gaiô,{{/t}} idem valet quod exulto, Laetor. Gay et bien deliberé à quelque chose, contraire à celuy qui est d une façon triste, et qui fait quelque chose à regret,… …
23gay|o|la — «gay OH luh», noun. U.S. Slang. undercover payments made by homosexual establishments for permission to operate without interference. ╂[< gay, adjective, homosexual + ola, on pattern of payola] …
24Gay — Gay, n. An ornament [Obs.] L Estrange. [1913 Webster] …
25Gay — (spr. Geh), 1) John, geb. 1688 zu Barnstaple in Devonshire; widmete sich Anfangs dem Handelsstande; wurde 1712 Secretär bei der Herzogin von Montmouth, 1714 Begleiter des Grafen von Clarendon nach Hannover u. st. 1732 in London. Durch seine Rural …
26Gay — f, m 1 (f., m.) English: from the vocabulary word meaning ‘blithe, cheerful’ (from Old French, of Germanic origin), chosen as a given name because of its well omened meaning (cf. HAPPY (SEE Happy) and MERRY (SEE Merry)). It was not used before… …
27Gay — 〈[gɛı] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; umg.〉 Homosexueller [Etym.: → gay] …
28gay|al — «GAY uhl, guh YAHL», noun. a domesticated ox with slender horns and white legs, common in parts of India. It is believed to be a domesticated descendant of the gaur. ╂[< Hindi gayāl] …
29gay|e|ty — «GAY uh tee», noun, plural ties. = gaiety. (Cf. ↑gaiety) …
30gay|ly — «GAY lee», adverb. = gaily. (Cf. ↑gaily) …
