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Antonyms for gameness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : geym
Phonetic Transcription : geɪm

Definition of gameness

Origin :
  • Old English gamen "game, joy, fun, amusement," common Germanic (cf. Old Frisian game "joy, glee," Old Norse gaman, Old Saxon, Old High German gaman "sport, merriment," Danish gamen, Swedish gamman "merriment"), regarded as identical with Gothic gaman "participation, communion," from Proto-Germanic *ga- collective prefix + *mann "person," giving a sense of "people together."
  • Meaning "contest played according to rules" is first attested c.1300. Sense of "wild animals caught for sport" is late 13c.; hence fair game (1825), also gamey. Game plan is 1941, from U.S. football; game show first attested 1961.
  • noun courage
Example sentences :
  • Whatever else might be said of the man he was game, and now his gameness showed.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • We were both excited and thrilled with the gameness of this fish.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • The hands were kept from their work, attracted by the gameness of the cocks.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • But 167 he had that gameness which goes with supreme confidence in the thing dealt with.
  • Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick
  • He was not used to dealing with men of any age so utterly lacking in gameness.
  • Extract from : « The Making of Bobby Burnit » by George Randolph Chester
  • And the crowd did homage to his gameness by howling approval.
  • Extract from : « Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories » by Albert Payson Terhune
  • For gameness, as she well knew, was the ultimate virtue to the athlete mind.
  • Extract from : « Wanted: A Husband » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • A certain battle was set for this day, one that would test her gameness.
  • Extract from : « Ewing\'s Lady » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The only unknown quantity was the spirit or gameness of us two.
  • Extract from : « Gold » by Stewart White
  • "Their chief quality is gameness," said Cartoner, thoughtfully.
  • Extract from : « The Vultures » by Henry Seton Merriman

Synonyms for gameness

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