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gamy

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adjective

gam′i·er, gam′i·est
  1. having a strong, tangy flavor like that of cooked game
  2. strong in smell or taste; slightly tainted
  3. plucky; game
    1. risqué or racy
    2. salacious, coarse, or crude

-gamy

marriage, sexual union: polygamy

Origin of -gamy

Classical Greek -gamia from gamos: see gamo-


gamy

also gam·ey

adjective

gam·i·er, gam·i·est
  1. a. Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game that is slightly spoiled.
    b. Ill-smelling; rank.
  2. Showing an unyielding spirit; plucky: a gamy little mare that loved to run.
  3. a. Corrupt; tainted: “those considerable forces in America that appear to be tired of the old politics (particularly the gamy municipal variety)” ( Tom Wicker )
    b. Sordid; seamy.
    c. Sexually suggestive; racy.

Related Forms:

  • gam′i·ly

    adverb

  • gam′i·ness

    noun

-gamy

suffix

  1. Marriage: exogamy.
  2. Procreative or propagative union: allogamy.
  3. The possession of a specified manner of fertilization or specified reproductive organs: apogamy.

Origin of -gamy

Greek -gamiā from gamos marriage ; see gemə- in Indo-European roots.


gamy

Adjective

(comparative more gamy, superlative most gamy)

  1. Alternative spelling of gamey.

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Also Mentioned In


  • gamily
  • gaminess
  • octogamy
  • zogamy
  • bureaugamy
  • hydrogamy
  • zoogamy
  • merogamy
  • opsigamy
  • somatogamy

Words near gamy in the dictionary


  • gampsorhynchus
  • gams
  • gamut
  • gamuts
  • gamy
  • GAN
  • ganache
  • ganai
  • ganamurti
  • gananite

Synonyms

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  • tangy
  • tainted
  • high
  • rotten

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