gay

1. superl. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Source: opted

2. superl. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. Source: opted

3. superl. Loose; dissipated; lewd. Source: opted

4. n. An ornament Source: opted

5. adj. bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer Source: wordnet

6. adj. full of or showing high-spirited merriment Source: wordnet

7. adj. given to social pleasures often including dissipation Source: wordnet

8. adj. brightly colored and showy Source: wordnet

9. adj. offering fun and gaiety Source: wordnet

10. adj. homosexual or arousing homosexual desires Source: wordnet

11. n. someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex Source: wordnet

12. 1. Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. Pope. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed. Gray. 2. Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. Why is my neighbor's wife so gay Chaucer. A bevy of fair women, richly gay In gems and wanton dressMilton. 3. Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.] Syn. -- Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly, sportive; light- hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial; joyous; joyful; glad; showy; splendid; vivacious. An ornament [Obs.] L'Estrange. Source: webster

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