gayness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being gay (colorful or festive); display or dressiness. dated,rare,uncountable,usually
    — And truly, at a short butt, which some men doth use, the peacock feather doth seldom keep up the shaft either right or level, it is so rough and heavy ; so that many men, which have taken them up for gayness, hath laid them down again for profit:
  2. The state of being gay (cheerful); gaiety. countable,dated,rare,usually
  3. The state of being gay (homosexual); homosexuality; demeanor stereotypically representative of it. uncountable,usually
    — You cannot blame their gayness, their queerness, their homosexuality on sudden wealth.

词形变化

gaynesses plural

词源

From Middle English gaynesse, equivalent to gay + -ness.
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