Word Study
gamy
CIDE DICTIONARY
gamy, a.
- Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored. [1913 Webster]
- Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout. [1913 Webster]
- Same as gamey. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gamy, adj. (gamier, gamiest)
1 having the flavour or scent of game kept till it is high.
2 US scandalous, sensational.
3 = GAME(1) adj.
1 having the flavour or scent of game kept till it is high.
2 US scandalous, sensational.
3 = GAME(1) adj.
Derivative
gamily adv. gaminess n.
THESAURUS
gamy
bad, bad-smelling, blown, bulldoggish, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, game, graveolent, gritty, gutsy, gutty, high, high-tasted, ill-smelling, malodorous, mephitic, mettlesome, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, musty, nervy, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorous, off, offensive, olid, pertinacious, plucky, putrid, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, red-blooded, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, resolute, rotten, smellful, smelling, smelly, sour, soured, spirited, spiritful, spunky, stale, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong, strong-flavored, strong-tasting, stuffy, sulfurous, tainted, tenacious, tough, turned, vileROGET THESAURUS
gamy
Taste
N taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.Pungency
N pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race, sharpness, acrimony, roughness, unsavoriness, mustard, cayenne, caviare, seasoning, niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness), carbonate of ammonia, sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts, hartshorn (acridity), dram, cordial, nip, nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke, segar, cigar, cigarette, weed, fragrant weed, Indian weed, Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy, pungent, strong, high-, full-flavored, high-tasted, high-seasoned, gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy, biting, mordant, spicy, seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, rough, unsavory.For further exploring for "gamy" in Webster Dictionary Online