Pronunciation: (gā'mē), [key]
adj., gam•i•er, gam•i•est.
3. plucky; spirited.
4. lewd or suggestive; risqué.
5. gross or squalid; unwholesome. Also,gamey.


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.


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