Syn. -- Merry; gleeful; blithe; airy; lively; sprightly, sportive;
light-hearted; frolicsome; jolly; jovial; joyous; joyful; glad; showy;
splendid; vivacious.
Gay, n. An ornament [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Gay"al (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoˆl.) A Southern Asiatic species of
wild cattle (Bibos frontalis).
||Gay"di*ang (?), n. (Naut.) A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts,
||lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a
||Chinese junk.
Gay"e*ty (?), n.; pl. Gayeties (&?;). [Written also gaiety.] [F.
gaietÈ. See Gay, a.] 1. The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts
or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used
often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season.