different between guyish vs gayish

guyish

English

Etymology

guy +? -ish

Adjective

guyish (comparative more guyish, superlative most guyish)

  1. (informal) Of or relating to guys, especially to the typical behavior of men.

guyish From the web:

  • what does gayishly mean


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
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