单词 | gamy |
释义 | gamyor gam·ey[ gey-mee ] / ˈgeɪ mi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gamy ON THESAURUS.COM adjective, gam·i·er, gam·i·est.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. Origin of gamyFirst recorded in 1835–45; game1 + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM gamygam·i·ly, adverbun·gam·y, adjectiveDefinition for gamy (2 of 2)-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 of -gamyCombining form representing Greek -gamía “act of marrying” Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for gamy-gamy n combining formdenoting marriage or sexual unionbigamy Word Origin for -gamyfrom Greek -gamia, from gamos marriage Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for gamy-gamy suff.Marriage; mate:monogamy. Procreative or propagative union:heterogamy. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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