Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being gay, in any sense; gaiety; fineness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Gayety; finery.

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  • noun countable The state of being gay (cheerful etc.).
  • noun uncountable The state of being gay (homosexual).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

Etymologies

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gay +‎ -ness

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