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adjective

gamy adj.

(Cookery) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.

(Sporting) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.

Same as gamey.

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Etymology of 'Gamy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gamy" Quotes from Famous Books

... evidences of large game in the immediate neighborhood. He did not see, by the bend of the broken twigs and the small tufts of hair on the briar-bush, that an elk had pushed through that very copse within a few minutes; nor did he sniff the gamy odor with which the large beast had charged the air. In obedience to his friend's gesture, he flung himself down on hands and knees and cautiously crept after him through the thicket. He now saw without difficulty a place where the elk had broken through the snow crust, ...

— Boyhood in Norway • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

... for twenty hours right on end had just the sort of appetite that a bird of that kind deserved. He was as fat as butter, too. They feed on dandelion seeds at that time of the year. It gives 'em a sort of gamy flavour such as no other bird, wild or tame, has. To my liking the wild turkey beats the black duck even. He's the best game bird that flies ...

— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

Words linked to "Gamy" : spicy, spirited, gamey, unpleasant-smelling, malodorous, naughty, stinky, gritty, risque, game, mettlesome, gaminess, racy, high, malodourous, ill-smelling, juicy, courageous, brave