GAY

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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.
a.

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.
a.

Loose; dissipated; lewd. [Colloq.]

4.
n.

An ornament [Obs.] L'Estrange.

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