< img src =" https://www.dictionary.com/images/dictionary_social_logo.png" > Very first recorded in 1865– 70 as campish; spelling camp dates to 1905– 10; of unsure origin; maybe from French se camper “to pose, depict oneself”; possibly dialectal camp “impetuous, uncouth individual,” hence, “somewhat objectionable, effeminate, gay”; in some senses most likely unique use of camp1 (in the sense “army camp”), where “camp followers,” a euphemism for prostitutes, were infamous for licentiousness
Camp meaning:. See examples of CAMP utilized in a sentence.
