gayishadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡeɪɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɡeɪɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gay adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < gay adj. + -ish suffix¹. With sense 2 compare gey adj.

1. Somewhat gay (in various senses of the adjective).

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > somewhat

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1612 A. Stafford Medit. & Resol. 47 In these gayish times, the outward appearance is more looked into, then the inward essence.

a1631 R. Bolton Foure Last Things (1632) 183 He digs with much adoe..into the rotten dunghils of Popish Postillers, and phantasticall Friers, and from thence patches together many gayish and gaudy shreds of painted bables, and frothy conceipts and tricks of wit.

1824 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 600 There's a gayish song on the subject.

1939 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 1 May 3/4 Clear, light shades and dusty, gayish pastels vie for favor.

1969 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 26 Aug. 3/3 Women dealers would add a gayish, carnival atmosphere to the famed gambling emporiums of the Las Vegas ‘Strip’.

2003 Time Out N.Y. 24 Apr. 129/2 Hear from some of NYC's funniest gay and gayish comedians tonight.

2. English regional (northern). Fairly good or large; ‘tolerable’.

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1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 69 ‘A gayish crop’..‘A gayish sample’.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘It's a gayish step te gan’, or it's ‘gayish and far’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gayish
释义	gayishadj. Brit. /ˈɡeɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gay adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < gay adj. + -ish suffix¹. With sense 2 compare gey adj. 1. Somewhat gay (in various senses of the adjective). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > somewhat gayish1612 1612 A. Stafford Medit. & Resol. 47 In these gayish times, the outward appearance is more looked into, then the inward essence. a1631 R. Bolton Foure Last Things (1632) 183 He digs with much adoe..into the rotten dunghils of Popish Postillers, and phantasticall Friers, and from thence patches together many gayish and gaudy shreds of painted bables, and frothy conceipts and tricks of wit. 1824 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 600 There's a gayish song on the subject. 1939 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 1 May 3/4 Clear, light shades and dusty, gayish pastels vie for favor. 1969 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 26 Aug. 3/3 Women dealers would add a gayish, carnival atmosphere to the famed gambling emporiums of the Las Vegas ‘Strip’. 2003 Time Out N.Y. 24 Apr. 129/2 Hear from some of NYC's funniest gay and gayish comedians tonight. 2. English regional (northern). Fairly good or large; ‘tolerable’. ΚΠ 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 69 ‘A gayish crop’..‘A gayish sample’. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘It's a gayish step te gan’, or it's ‘gayish and far’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1612
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