gey

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gey

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Originally a variant form of gay, now associated with distinct senses.

adverb

  1. Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, not comparable Very. I am nae believer in auld wives' stories about ghaists, though this is gey like a place for them - But mortal, or of the other world, here they come! - twa men and a light.

adjective geyer · geyest

  1. Ireland, Northern England, Scotland Fairly good; considerable. They were married next New Year's Day, and Ellison had begun to think himself a gey man in Kinraddie, and maybe one of the gentry.

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@misc{gey_2026,
  title = {gey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}