gayness

[ gey-nis ]

/ ˈgeɪ nɪs /

homosexuality.

Older Use. the state or quality of being bright or showy: the gayness of the décor.

Older Use. the state or quality of being merry or lively: her gayness of spirit.

Origin of gayness

1400–50; Middle English gaynesse, gainesse; see gay + -ness

gayety, gayle, gaylord, gaylussite, gayly, gayness, gayomart, gaywings, gaz., gaza, gaza strip

Gayness passes across my lips and courses through my veins like a 20-year-old scotch.

Rick Perry’s Stupid Comment on Booze and Sex(uality) |Sally Kohn |June 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But in framing his gayness around race-based oppression, Lemon ignited a potent battle between allegiance and identity.

Letter to the Don Lemon Haters |David Kaufman |August 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The military's outlawing of gayness has made it one of the last bunkers of safe male bonding.

What Don't Ask, Don't Tell Protects |Brendan Tapley |December 4, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The military's outlawing of gayness has made it one of the last bunkers of safe male-bonding.

What Don't Ask, Don't Tell Protects |Brendan Tapley |December 4, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

The show's gayness has, of course, been the subject of recent debate.

Glee's New Villain |Itay Hod |September 20, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Her good spirits and gayness created a happy mood in the nation.

Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. |S. A. Reilly
The streets were clean and bright; and there was plenty of gayness and joy—for them as could grab a share of it.

The Devil's Garden |W. B. Maxwell
The dancers, however, outshone them all in the gayness of their costume.

Mark Seaworth |William H.G. Kingston
He had selected them for the gayness of their uniforms, which he fancied betokened their exalted rank.

The Cruise of the Frolic |W.H.G. Kingston
And as he spoke all of the gayness of joy was lost from the voice of my beloved Gouverneur and in its place was a bitterness.

The Daredevil |Maria Thompson Daviess