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gayness

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡeɪ.nəs/Part of speech nounSorted aegnssyStarts with GEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Let me ſpeak prowdly: Tell the Conſtable, ⁠/ We are but Warriors for the working-day: / Our Gayneſſe and our Gilt are all beſmyrcht / With raynie Marching in the painefull field.
  • You cannot blame their gayness, their queerness, their homosexuality on sudden wealth.
  • I doubt very much that their "gay­ness" had any deep sexual roots. I think it was simply an exotic form of juvenile delinquency.

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