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gamy
1[gey-mee]
adjective
having the tangy flavor or odor of game.
I like the gamy taste of venison.
having the flavor or odor of game or other meat kept uncooked until slightly tainted.
The roast was still edible but was slightly gamy.
plucky; spirited.
lewd or suggestive; risqué.
gross or squalid; unwholesome.
-gamy
2a 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.
-gamy
combining form
denoting marriage or sexual union
bigamy
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- gamily adverb
- ungamy adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of gamy2
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of gamy1
Example Sentences
Plus, the horror has a purpose, beyond gamy genre thrills.
Instead, you get a harmonious porky bite with gamy undertones from the confit rabbit, beef tongue, duck wing meat and offal.
Rabbit has a delectable, earthy, meaty taste that isn’t gamy.
Meat offers up a sinewy, gamy, savory experience that is, to date, impossible to reproduce.
Rather than tasting gamy or leathery, this is fresh and juicy, almost like a nouveau.
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When To Use
The combining form -gamy is used like a suffix with a variety of meanings. In terms from botany, it typically means "fertilization, pollination.“ In other contexts, -gamy is used to mean "marriage" or "union."The form -gamy is also used to form nouns related to terms ending in -gamous. It is often used in scientific terms, especially in biology.The form -gamy comes from Greek -²µ²¹³¾Ã²¹, meaning “act of marrying.â€What are variants of -gamy?While -gamy doesn't have any variants, it is related to the form -gamous, as in cleistogamous. Additional combining forms of the same general origin include gamet-, gameto-, and gamo-. Want to know more? Read our 51³Ô¹Ïs That Use articles for the forms.
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