gamy

[gey-mee] Origin

gam·y

[gey-mee]
adjective, gam·i·er, gam·i·est.
1.
having the tangy flavor or odor of game: I like the gamy taste of venison.
2.
having the flavor or odor of game or other meat kept uncooked until slightly tainted: The roast was still edible but was slightly gamy.
3.
plucky; spirited.
4.
lewd or suggestive; risqué.
5.
gross or squalid; unwholesome.
Also, gamey.


Origin:
1835–45; game1 + -y1

gam·i·ly, adverb
un·gam·y, adjective

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-gamy

a combining form with the meanings “marriage,” “union,” “fertilization, pollination,” of the kind specified by the initial element: exogamy; plastogamy; allogamy; also forming nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -gamous: heterogamy.

Origin:
combining form representing Greek -gamía act of marrying
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gamey or gamy (ˈɡeɪmɪ)
 
adj , gamier, gamiest
1.  having the smell or flavour of game, esp high game
2.  informal spirited; plucky; brave
 
gamy or gamy
 
adj
 
'gamily or gamy
 
adv
 
'gaminess or gamy
 
n

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gamy
see gamey.
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-gamy suff.

  1. Marriage; mate: monogamy.

  2. Procreative or propagative union: heterogamy.

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