gayness
English
/ˈɡeɪ.nəs/
noun
Definitions
- (rare) The state of being gay colorful or festive; display or dressiness.
- (rare) The state of being gay cheerful; gaiety.
- (uncountable) The state of being gay homosexual; homosexuality.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gaynesse suffix from English gay (homosexual).
Origin
English
gay
Gloss
homosexual
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-gay English
- begay English
- de-gay English
- ex-gay English
- gaily English
- gay English
- gay cancer English
- gay-ass English
- gay-hate English
- gay-related immune deficiency English
- gay-related immunodeficiency English
- gaybait English
- gaybeseen English
- gayboy English
- gaydom English
- gayface English
- gayfag English
- gayfeather English
- gayfolk English
- gayful English
- gayhood English
- gayification English
- gayify English
- gayish English
- gayism English
- gayless English
- gaylicious English
- gayly English
- gayola English
- gayphobe English
- gayphobia English
- gayphobic English
- gaysome English
- gayspeak English
- gaysploitation English
- gaytard English
- gaytastic English
- gaywad English
- gaywings English
- gold star gay English
- homogay English
- nongay English
- nosegay English
- outgay English
- postgay English
- pro-gay English
- re-gay English
- transgay English
- ungay English
- gay Finnish
- gay German
- gai French
- gay French
- gay Spanish, Castilian
- gay Portuguese
- ゲイ Japanese
- gay Middle English
- gaynesse Middle English
- gaja Esperanto
- गे Hindi
- gay Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เกย์ Thai
- γκέι Greek (modern)
- gey Turkish
- gèidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gey Azerbaijani
- געי Yiddish
- გეი Georgian
- gay蜜 Chinese
- 基 Chinese
- 基佬 Chinese
- 鈣片 Chinese
- ґей Ukrainian
- 게이 Korean
- gey Scots
- gėjus Lithuanian
- گے Urdu
- gay
- gayly
- begay
- ungay
- gaily
- ex-gay
- gayboy
- gayola
- nongay
- gaydom
- gayify
- gayfag
- gayish
- gayism
- de-gay
- gaywad
- re-gay
- outgay
- gayful
- gaysome
- gayhood
- homogay
- postgay
- gay-ass
- gaybait
- nosegay
- pro-gay
- gaytard
- gayface
- gayless
- gayfolk
- transgay
- gay-hate
- gayphobe
- gaywings
- anti-gay
- gayspeak
- gaytastic
- gayphobia
- gaybeseen
- gayphobic
- gayfeather
- gaylicious
- gay cancer
- gayification
- gold star gay
- gaysploitation
- gay-related immunodeficiency
- gay-related immune deficiency