Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - gamy

 or gamey  adjective  (gamier; -est)  Date: 1844  1. brave, plucky — used especially of animals  2.  a. having the flavor of game; especially having the flavor of game near tainting  b. smelly  3.  a. sordid, scandalous gave us all the ~ details  b. corrupt, disreputable a ~ character  c. sexually suggestive ; racy ~ witticisms  • gamily adverb  • gaminess noun GAMY  noun combining form  Etymology: Middle English -gamie, from Late Latin -gamia, from Greek, from gamein to marry  1. marriage exogamy  2. union for propagation or reproduction allogamy  3. possession of (such) reproductive organs or (such) a mode of fertilization cleistogamy