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gen | gey |

As a proper noun Gen

is a Niger-Congo language of Togo.

As a noun Gen

is a member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.

As an abbreviation gen

is gender.

As an adverb gey is

very.

As an adjective gey is

fairly good; considerable.

gen

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A Niger-Congo language of Togo.

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    Etymology 2

    * Shortened from new generation, from (etyl) "generazione nuova"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement

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    gey

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (Scotland, Ireland, northern England) Very.
  • * 1816 , Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary , Oxford University Press, 2002, p.207:
    • I am nae believer in auld wives' stories about ghaists, though this is gey like a place for them - But mortal, or of the other world, here they come! - twa men and a light.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland, Ireland, northern England) Fairly good; considerable.
  • *1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 16:
  • *:They were married next New Year's Day, and Ellison had begun to think himself a gey man in Kinraddie, and maybe one of the gentry.
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