GAY
\ɡˈe͡ɪ], \ɡˈeɪ], \ɡ_ˈeɪ]\
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g[=a], adj. lively: bright: sportive, merry: wanton, dissipated, of loose life: showy: (prov.) spotted.--adv. (Scot.) fairly, considerably.--ns. GAI'ETY, GAY'ETY, GAY'NESS.--advs. GAI'LY, GAY'LY; GAY'SOME, gladsome.--GAY SCIENCE, a rendering of gai saber, the Provençal name for the art of poetry. [O. Fr. gai--Old High Ger. wâhi, pretty, not gâhi, swift (Diez).]
By Thomas Davidson
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(gayer,-est). Full of or disposed to or indicating mirth, light-hearted, sportive; airy, off-hand; (euphem.) dissolute, immoral, living by prostitution; showy, brilliant, bright-coloured, finely dressed. Hence gaily adv. [French]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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