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Definition of Gayness

1. Noun. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.

Definition of Gayness

1. n. Gayety; finery.

Definition of Gayness

1. Noun. The state of being gay (cheerful etc.). ¹

2. Noun. The state of being gay (homosexual). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gayness

1. gaiety [n -ES] - See also: gaiety

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gayness

Literary usage of Gayness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of by William Shakespeare (1807)
"Let me speak proudly;—Tell the Constable, \Ve are but warriors for the working-day:9t Our gayness, and our gilt,1 are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in ..."

2. Figuring It Out by Nicole Bautista (2006)
"IF gayness PERSISTS OR WORSENS, CONTACT YOUR PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY. I couldn't eat, I didn't want to sleep, and I felt like a hammer was pounding in my ..."

3. Romanticism and the Romantic School in Germany by Robert Maximillian Wernaer (1909)
"Yes, Genoveva, just as the light's true power is revealed in the darkness giving life, splendor, gayness to the world, which but for it would be dark and ..."

4. Archery by Charles James Longman, Henry Walrond (1901)
"Peacock feathers are very often mentioned, and though Ascham says these were ' taken up for gayness,' and that ' many who so used them lay them down again ..."

5. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"... "taken up for gayness." "And truly, at a short butt, which some men doth use, the peacock feather doth seldom keep up the shaft either right or level, ..."

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