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geyadverb & adjective
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word gey.
& adj.1686–
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This word is used in northern English regional dialect, northern Irish English, and Scottish English.
About 0.02occurrences per million words in modern written English
| 1750 | 0.0075 |
| 1760 | 0.011 |
| 1770 | 0.011 |
| 1780 | 0.01 |
| 1790 | 0.01 |
| 1800 | 0.011 |
| 1810 | 0.014 |
| 1820 | 0.018 |
| 1830 | 0.02 |
| 1840 | 0.026 |
| 1850 | 0.034 |
| 1860 | 0.049 |
| 1870 | 0.058 |
| 1880 | 0.067 |
| 1890 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 0.071 |
| 1910 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 0.065 |
| 1930 | 0.051 |
| 1940 | 0.042 |
| 1950 | 0.034 |
| 1960 | 0.027 |
| 1970 | 0.023 |
| 1980 | 0.021 |
| 1990 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 0.021 |
gey is a variant or alteration of another lexical item.
Etymons:gayadv.; gayadj.
Earliest known use
late 1600s
The earliest known use of the word gey is in the late 1600s.
OED's earliest evidence for gey is from 1686, in the writing of G.
Stuart.
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- gewgawed, adj.1870–
- gewgawish, adj.1857–
- gewgawry, n.1882–
- gewgawy, adj.1858–
- Gewürztraminer, n.1940–
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