different between gayish vs goyish

gayish

English

Etymology

gay +? -ish

Adjective

gayish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat cheerful.
    • 1914, Baroness Von Hutten, Helping Hersey (page 231)
      Her attire was gayish. There was about her a great deal of mauve and black and white []
  2. (informal) Somewhat homosexual.
    • 1994, Peter M. Nardi, David Sanders, Judd Marmor, Growing up before Stonewall: life stories of some gay men, page 26
      So, the police conducted a New Year's Eve raid in 1967 on a gayish bar over on Sunset and Sanborn in Silver Lake called the Black Cat.

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gayish From the web:

  • what do gayish mean


goyish

English

Alternative forms

  • goyishe, goyisch

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ??????? (goyish).

Adjective

goyish (comparative more goyish, superlative most goyish)

  1. of or relating to a goy, not Jewish

Usage notes

  • See notes at goy.

Synonyms

  • non-Jewish, un-Jewish

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