gayness

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪ.nəs/
Rhymes: -eɪnəs

Noun

gayness (usually uncountable, plural gaynesses)

(rare, dated, countable) The state of being gay (cheerful).
(uncountable) The state of being gay (homosexual).
- 1999, John Corvino, Same Sex, page 185:
  Were there gay people in the ancient world, or is gayness a uniquely modern category?
- 2015, E. Reltso, Our Sex Saturated Society
  Their goal was to compel open legal recognition of their beliefs about sex and gayness as being the law in the United States.

Synonyms

homosexuality, queerness
lesbianism (of women only)

Translations

the state of being cheerful

Dutch: blijheid (nl)

homosexuality — See also translations at homosexuality

Finnish: homous (fi), lesbous (fi)
Greenlandic: anguteqatinik atoqateqartarneq, arnaqatinik atoqateqartarneq

Northern Sami: homovuohta, lesbavuohta
Swedish: bögeri (sv) n, lesbiskhet (sv) c

See also

gaiety: The state of being gay (in the sense of "happy").

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