dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gay_MW.json
2022-07-10 04:31:07 +00:00

563 lines
20 KiB
JSON

{
"Gay-Lussac":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"Joseph-Louis 1778\u20131850 French chemist and physicist":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101-l\u0259-\u02c8sak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114203",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"gay":{
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
],
"definitions":{
": bright , lively":[
"gay sunny meadows"
],
": brilliant in color":[],
": happily excited : merry":[
"in a gay mood"
],
": keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits":[
"a bird's gay spring song"
],
": of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex":[
"gay men",
"a gay woman in her 40s",
"\u2014 often used to refer to men only gay and lesbian members of the community"
],
": of, relating to, or intended for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.":[
"the gay rights movement",
"a gay bar"
],
"John 1685\u20131732 English poet and dramatist":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The band was playing a gay tune.",
"the gayest of the spring flowers",
"Noun",
"a bar that is frequented by gays",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"As a Black gay man, Thomas grappled with two forms of prejudice. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"Martin, now 27 years old and in his third season with the club, made the decision to come out as gay just under four years ago this month while playing for Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer. \u2014 Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The series, created by Ryan O\u2019Connell, is semi-autobiographical, and an account of his life as a gay man living with cerebral palsy. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 10 June 2022",
"Ruby came out as gay last year while on the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, an independent baseball team, according to Insider. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"New iterations of icons such as Green Lantern, Batwoman, The Flash, and Superman: Son of Kal-El have also come out as gay , bisexual, nonbinary. \u2014 Tyler Bey, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"Bryan Ruby, pro baseball player who came out as gay last year, said decision of some Rays players on Pride Night to refuse wearing a special LGBTQ decal is why players stay closeted. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"About 60 lawmakers identified as gay , lesbian or bisexual. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Respondents who identify as gay were even less likely to have medical debt, with 75% reporting none. \u2014 Deb Gordon, Forbes , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Adjective",
"1953, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French gai , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German g\u0101hi quick, sudden":"Adjective",
"derivative of gay entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gay Adjective lively , animated , vivacious , sprightly , gay mean keenly alive and spirited. lively suggests briskness, alertness, or energy. a lively debate on the issues animated applies to what is spirited and active. an animated discussion of current events vivacious suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring. a vivacious party host sprightly suggests lightness and spirited vigor of manner or wit. a tuneful, sprightly musical gay stresses complete freedom from care and overflowing spirits. the gay spirit of Paris in the 1920s",
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112155",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"gay dog":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a man given to licentious self-indulgence":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203212",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gay lady's-slipper":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": showy lady's-slipper":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170138",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gayal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an ox ( Bibos frontalis ) domesticated in India that differs from the gaur of which it may be a domesticated variety in its longer slenderer horns and white legs":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Bengali gay\u0101l ; akin to Sanskrit go bull, cow":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259\u02c8y\u00e4l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085708",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gayatri":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a composition in this meter (as a noted Hindu mantra used daily by the devout)":[],
": an ancient Vedic meter of 24 syllables generally arranged in a triplet":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sanskrit g\u0101yatr\u012b , from g\u0101yatra song, hymn, from g\u0101yati he sings":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4y\u0259\u2027\u02cctr\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073333",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gaycat":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tramp who will work if the inducement is sufficient":[],
": a young and inexperienced tramp":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191740",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gaydar":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the supposed ability to recognize through observation or intuition that a person is gay":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My gaydar even doesn\u2019t work that well in the present, let alone retroactively. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2019",
"The authors were then ready to pit their prediction model against humans in what would become a notorious gaydar competition. \u2014 Heather Murphy, New York Times , 9 Oct. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1982, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"blend of gay and radar":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101-\u02ccd\u00e4r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161550",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gaydiang":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an Annamese ship with two or three masts and lofty triangular sails":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Annamese":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012bd\u0113\u02cca\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183629",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gayety":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": elegance , finery":[],
": high spirits : merriment":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185720",
"type":[]
},
"gayfeather":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190952",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gaylies":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of gaylies variant spelling of geylies"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133834",
"type":[]
},
"gayly":{
"antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"definitions":{
": in a gay manner : marked by gaiety":[]
},
"examples":[
"we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days",
"children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Peer into their forbidding black hoods and gaily stitched pieces of hot-pink woolen felt inside invite unexpected visual caresses. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The east side of the field had been set apart for those in carriages, and soon from one end to the other, it was filled with vehicles of all descriptions gaily decorated in blue and gold and in white and red. \u2014 al , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The left\u2019s decision to withdraw from conversations about genetics and social outcomes leaves a vacuum that the right has gaily filled. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gayly , from gay gay entry 1 + -ly -ly entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073929",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"gayness":{
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
],
"definitions":{
": bright , lively":[
"gay sunny meadows"
],
": brilliant in color":[],
": happily excited : merry":[
"in a gay mood"
],
": keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits":[
"a bird's gay spring song"
],
": of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex":[
"gay men",
"a gay woman in her 40s",
"\u2014 often used to refer to men only gay and lesbian members of the community"
],
": of, relating to, or intended for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.":[
"the gay rights movement",
"a gay bar"
],
"John 1685\u20131732 English poet and dramatist":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The band was playing a gay tune.",
"the gayest of the spring flowers",
"Noun",
"a bar that is frequented by gays",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"As a Black gay man, Thomas grappled with two forms of prejudice. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"Martin, now 27 years old and in his third season with the club, made the decision to come out as gay just under four years ago this month while playing for Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer. \u2014 Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The series, created by Ryan O\u2019Connell, is semi-autobiographical, and an account of his life as a gay man living with cerebral palsy. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 10 June 2022",
"Ruby came out as gay last year while on the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, an independent baseball team, according to Insider. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"New iterations of icons such as Green Lantern, Batwoman, The Flash, and Superman: Son of Kal-El have also come out as gay , bisexual, nonbinary. \u2014 Tyler Bey, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"Bryan Ruby, pro baseball player who came out as gay last year, said decision of some Rays players on Pride Night to refuse wearing a special LGBTQ decal is why players stay closeted. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"About 60 lawmakers identified as gay , lesbian or bisexual. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Respondents who identify as gay were even less likely to have medical debt, with 75% reporting none. \u2014 Deb Gordon, Forbes , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Adjective",
"1953, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French gai , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German g\u0101hi quick, sudden":"Adjective",
"derivative of gay entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gay Adjective lively , animated , vivacious , sprightly , gay mean keenly alive and spirited. lively suggests briskness, alertness, or energy. a lively debate on the issues animated applies to what is spirited and active. an animated discussion of current events vivacious suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring. a vivacious party host sprightly suggests lightness and spirited vigor of manner or wit. a tuneful, sprightly musical gay stresses complete freedom from care and overflowing spirits. the gay spirit of Paris in the 1920s",
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115131",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"Gay":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex":[
"gay men",
"a gay woman in her 40s",
"\u2014 often used to refer to men only gay and lesbian members of the community"
],
": of, relating to, or intended for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.":[
"the gay rights movement",
"a gay bar"
],
": happily excited : merry":[
"in a gay mood"
],
": keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits":[
"a bird's gay spring song"
],
": bright , lively":[
"gay sunny meadows"
],
": brilliant in color":[],
"John 1685\u20131732 English poet and dramatist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gay Adjective lively , animated , vivacious , sprightly , gay mean keenly alive and spirited. lively suggests briskness, alertness, or energy. a lively debate on the issues animated applies to what is spirited and active. an animated discussion of current events vivacious suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring. a vivacious party host sprightly suggests lightness and spirited vigor of manner or wit. a tuneful, sprightly musical gay stresses complete freedom from care and overflowing spirits. the gay spirit of Paris in the 1920s",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The band was playing a gay tune.",
"the gayest of the spring flowers",
"Noun",
"a bar that is frequented by gays",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"As a Black gay man, Thomas grappled with two forms of prejudice. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"Martin, now 27 years old and in his third season with the club, made the decision to come out as gay just under four years ago this month while playing for Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer. \u2014 Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The series, created by Ryan O\u2019Connell, is semi-autobiographical, and an account of his life as a gay man living with cerebral palsy. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 10 June 2022",
"Ruby came out as gay last year while on the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, an independent baseball team, according to Insider. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"New iterations of icons such as Green Lantern, Batwoman, The Flash, and Superman: Son of Kal-El have also come out as gay , bisexual, nonbinary. \u2014 Tyler Bey, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
"Bryan Ruby, pro baseball player who came out as gay last year, said decision of some Rays players on Pride Night to refuse wearing a special LGBTQ decal is why players stay closeted. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"About 60 lawmakers identified as gay , lesbian or bisexual. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"Respondents who identify as gay were even less likely to have medical debt, with 75% reporting none. \u2014 Deb Gordon, Forbes , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French gai , of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German g\u0101hi quick, sudden":"Adjective",
"derivative of gay entry 1":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Adjective",
"1953, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170519"
}
}