† gammyn.¹

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammy adj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < gammy adj. (compare gammy adj. 2), perhaps by association with gammon n.⁴ (compare gammon n.⁴ 2). N.E.D. (1898) gives the pronunciation as (gæ·mi) /ˈɡæmɪ/.

slang. Obsolete.

Usually with the. Cant, the canting language.A version of the passage given in quot. 1864², purporting to be taken from F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (1785), is given as documentation by Farmer and Henley, but no such passage occurs in any edition of Grose.

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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon

language1502

term of art1570

fustiana1593

jargoning1623

jargon1651

speciality1657

lingo1659

cant1684

linguaa1734

patois1790

slang1801

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glim-glibber1844

argot1860

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patter1875

stagese1876

vernacular1876

palaver1909

babble1930

buzzword1946

in word1964

rabbit1976

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 24 In the North of England, the Cant employed by tramps and thieves is known as ‘the Gammy’.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 230 ‘Do you stoll the Gammy?’ (Do you understand Cant?)

1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. 50 A minister is credited with first making use of language called ‘gammy’.

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 115/1 Gammy, cant. [Also in later dictionaries.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gammyadj.n.²

Brit.

/ˈɡami/, U.S.

/ˈɡæmi/

Forms:

α. 1800s– gammy.

β. 1800s– gamey (rare).

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gummy adj.¹; game adj.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) a variant of gummy adj.¹ (compare gummy adj.¹ 4). Perhaps (ii) < game adj.² (compare forms at that entry) + -y suffix¹. It is possible that both gummy adj.¹ and game adj.² have shown some influence on the word.Alternatively, the word could perhaps show a borrowing < French †gambi bent (1611 in Cotgrave), French regional (especially central and eastern) gambi , cambi lame, bow-legged, (of legs) crooked, ultimately a derivative < Middle French gambe , jambe leg (see jamb n.); compare the family of words at gambrel n. However, the following apparent earlier instance of gamby meaning ‘crooked’ cannot be taken to support such an origin, as it appears to result simply from a misunderstanding by the translator (in the French original Gamby shows the name of a place in the Haute Loire):1656 tr. Marnettè Perfect Cook cvii. 223 The manner to make a Gamby bisket [Fr. Du biscuit de Gamby], that is to say, a crooked form of bisket, or kertled bisket. With the β. forms compare discussion of similar forms at game adj.²

A. adj.

1. slang. Of a horse's leg: = gummy adj.¹ 4. Of a horse: having such a leg or legs. Also in extended use. Now rare.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of legs > other disorders of legs

syrmatic1748

grogged1796

down in the hip1826

groggy1828

gammy1830

capped1831

overshot1881

1830 J. Mitford Royal Intrigues & Amours 185 She [sc. Queen Caroline] was baker shinned and gammy about the heels, which with her rump of the Paul Pry shape, jutting far out, made her a figure which had no fellow.

1846 Trans. N.-Y. State Agric. Soc. 1845 5 84 Although many fine specimens of the different kinds of horses were shown, all were more or less remarkable for too straight a shoulder, too thick and gammy legs, [etc.].

1848 Bell's Life in Sydney 25 Nov. The importers of light blood horses have nearly done as much to ruin the Australian horse as the gentlemen advocates for gammy legs.

1870 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Tasmania) 14 Feb. So much for old Alarm and his ‘gamey’ leg, which broke down last year when running against Paddy’s Land at Deloraine.

1898 Sporting Times 15 Oct. 5/2 Tthere is a doubt about Balsamo's gammy leg, which has kept him idle all the summer.

1952 R. S. Summerhays Encycl. Horsemen 124/2 Should the line of the tendons be concealed owing to the legs being ‘filled’, or in a state of puffiness.., the term gammy or gummy legs is used.

a. slang (originally Criminals' slang). Bad, not good; (sometimes) spec. counterfeit, not genuine. Now rare.

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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]

woughc888

litherc893

frakeda900

sinnyc950

unrighteouseOE

baleOE

manOE

unfeleOE

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fetid1805

scarlet1820

gammy1832

nefast1849

disvaluable1942

badass1955

bad-assed1962

1832 Kent & Essex Mercury 29 May Witness said she showed the crown-piece to a man named Alfred Mercer, and he said it was a gammy one.

1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 163/1 Gammy, bad. Gammy stuff, spurious soap or medicine.

1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 164/1 Gammy lowr, bad coin.

1850 Morning Chron. 31 Jan. 5/4 In almost every one of the padding kens..there is a list of walks written on a piece of paper... No villages that are in any way ‘gammy’ are ever mentioned in these papers.

1891 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 389 A little bit of real lace would be fixed on this..and a lot of ‘gammy’ stuff, imitation lace, would be carried with it.

1914 G. Fitzmaurice Moonlighter in Five Plays 88 It's the gammy moonlighter he is that didn't pause and think where to run like the rest of us.

†b. Theatre slang. Old, ugly; no longer fashionable. Obsolete.

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1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Gammy..old, ugly, passée.

3. colloquial (originally English regional (northern and north-western)). Esp. of a limb or joint: not functioning properly through deformity or injury; disabled. Cf. game adj.²

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [adjective] > of limb

lamea1400

lacking1657

game1775

gammy1861

bockety1937

1861 Manch. Weekly Times 19 Oct. 6/4 Plaintiff said that Lockwood had a ‘gammy’ leg. Witness asked her how he got it.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 310 ‘A gammy neck’ (when stiff).

1866 Ipswich Jrnl. 15 Dec. (Suppl.) 3/3 He was walking leaning on another gentleman as if he had got a kind of a ‘gammy’ foot.

1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. iii. ix. 301 Some'ow, Polly, I can't picture myself dragging a husband with a gammy leg always at my heels.

1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock vii. viii. 343 One leg was gammy, he moved it with a mechanism worked from his pocket.

1984 Times 20 Oct. 2/2 A gammy knee prevented me from running.

2007 K. James Greater Share of Honour 406 I'm not doing a lot with this gammy arm stopping me from doing any digging.

†B. n.²

slang. A lame or crippled person. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person

cripplec950

lameOE

maimed1340

halterc1440

maima1500

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Vulcan1600

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limpard1653

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lameter1823

gammy1893

hoppy1904

crip1918

gimp1925

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 115/1 Gammy,..a nickname for a lameter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gammy
释义	† gammyn.¹ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: gammy adj. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < gammy adj. (compare gammy adj. 2), perhaps by association with gammon n.⁴ (compare gammon n.⁴ 2). N.E.D. (1898) gives the pronunciation as (gæ·mi) /ˈɡæmɪ/. slang. Obsolete. Usually with the. Cant, the canting language.A version of the passage given in quot. 1864², purporting to be taken from F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (1785), is given as documentation by Farmer and Henley, but no such passage occurs in any edition of Grose. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon language1502 term of art1570 fustiana1593 jargoning1623 jargon1651 speciality1657 lingo1659 cant1684 linguaa1734 patois1790 slang1801 shibboleth1829 glim-glibber1844 argot1860 gammy1864 patter1875 stagese1876 vernacular1876 palaver1909 babble1930 buzzword1946 in word1964 rabbit1976 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 24 In the North of England, the Cant employed by tramps and thieves is known as ‘the Gammy’. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 230 ‘Do you stoll the Gammy?’ (Do you understand Cant?) 1881 A. Trumble Slang Dict. 50 A minister is credited with first making use of language called ‘gammy’. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 115/1 Gammy, cant. [Also in later dictionaries.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gammyadj.n.² Brit. /ˈɡami/, U.S. /ˈɡæmi/ Forms: α. 1800s– gammy. β. 1800s– gamey (rare). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gummy adj.¹; game adj.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) a variant of gummy adj.¹ (compare gummy adj.¹ 4). Perhaps (ii) < game adj.² (compare forms at that entry) + -y suffix¹. It is possible that both gummy adj.¹ and game adj.² have shown some influence on the word.Alternatively, the word could perhaps show a borrowing < French †gambi bent (1611 in Cotgrave), French regional (especially central and eastern) gambi , cambi lame, bow-legged, (of legs) crooked, ultimately a derivative < Middle French gambe , jambe leg (see jamb n.); compare the family of words at gambrel n. However, the following apparent earlier instance of gamby meaning ‘crooked’ cannot be taken to support such an origin, as it appears to result simply from a misunderstanding by the translator (in the French original Gamby shows the name of a place in the Haute Loire):1656 tr. Marnettè Perfect Cook cvii. 223 The manner to make a Gamby bisket [Fr. Du biscuit de Gamby], that is to say, a crooked form of bisket, or kertled bisket. With the β. forms compare discussion of similar forms at game adj.² A. adj. 1. slang. Of a horse's leg: = gummy adj.¹ 4. Of a horse: having such a leg or legs. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > disorders of legs > other disorders of legs syrmatic1748 grogged1796 down in the hip1826 groggy1828 gammy1830 capped1831 overshot1881 1830 J. Mitford Royal Intrigues & Amours 185 She [sc. Queen Caroline] was baker shinned and gammy about the heels, which with her rump of the Paul Pry shape, jutting far out, made her a figure which had no fellow. 1846 Trans. N.-Y. State Agric. Soc. 1845 5 84 Although many fine specimens of the different kinds of horses were shown, all were more or less remarkable for too straight a shoulder, too thick and gammy legs, [etc.]. 1848 Bell's Life in Sydney 25 Nov. The importers of light blood horses have nearly done as much to ruin the Australian horse as the gentlemen advocates for gammy legs. 1870 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Tasmania) 14 Feb. So much for old Alarm and his ‘gamey’ leg, which broke down last year when running against Paddy’s Land at Deloraine. 1898 Sporting Times 15 Oct. 5/2 Tthere is a doubt about Balsamo's gammy leg, which has kept him idle all the summer. 1952 R. S. Summerhays Encycl. Horsemen 124/2 Should the line of the tendons be concealed owing to the legs being ‘filled’, or in a state of puffiness.., the term gammy or gummy legs is used. 2. a. slang (originally Criminals' slang). Bad, not good; (sometimes) spec. counterfeit, not genuine. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] woughc888 litherc893 frakeda900 sinnyc950 unrighteouseOE baleOE manOE unfeleOE ungoodc1000 unwrasta1122 illc1175 nithec1175 wickc1175 hinderfulc1200 quedec1275 wickedc1275 wondlichc1275 unkindc1325 badc1330 divers1340 wrakefula1350 felonousc1374 flagitiousc1384 lewdc1386 noughta1387 ungoodly1390 unquertc1390 diverse1393 felona1400 imperfectc1400 unfairc1400 unfinec1400 unblesseda1425 meschant?c1450 naughtyc1460 feculent1471 sinister1474 noughty?1490 ill-deedya1500 pernicious?1533 scelerous1534 naught1536 goodlyc1560 nefarious1567 iron1574 felly1583 paganish1587 improbate1596 malefactious1607 villain1607 infand1608 scelestious1609 illful1613 scelestic1628 inimicitious1641 infandous1645 iniquous1655 improbous1657 malefactory1667 perta1704 iniquitous1726 unracy1782 unredeemed1799 demoralized1800 fetid1805 scarlet1820 gammy1832 nefast1849 disvaluable1942 badass1955 bad-assed1962 1832 Kent & Essex Mercury 29 May Witness said she showed the crown-piece to a man named Alfred Mercer, and he said it was a gammy one. 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 163/1 Gammy, bad. Gammy stuff, spurious soap or medicine. 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 164/1 Gammy lowr, bad coin. 1850 Morning Chron. 31 Jan. 5/4 In almost every one of the padding kens..there is a list of walks written on a piece of paper... No villages that are in any way ‘gammy’ are ever mentioned in these papers. 1891 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 389 A little bit of real lace would be fixed on this..and a lot of ‘gammy’ stuff, imitation lace, would be carried with it. 1914 G. Fitzmaurice Moonlighter in Five Plays 88 It's the gammy moonlighter he is that didn't pause and think where to run like the rest of us. †b. Theatre slang. Old, ugly; no longer fashionable. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Gammy..old, ugly, passée. 3. colloquial (originally English regional (northern and north-western)). Esp. of a limb or joint: not functioning properly through deformity or injury; disabled. Cf. game adj.² ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [adjective] > of limb lamea1400 lacking1657 game1775 gammy1861 bockety1937 1861 Manch. Weekly Times 19 Oct. 6/4 Plaintiff said that Lockwood had a ‘gammy’ leg. Witness asked her how he got it. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 310 ‘A gammy neck’ (when stiff). 1866 Ipswich Jrnl. 15 Dec. (Suppl.) 3/3 He was walking leaning on another gentleman as if he had got a kind of a ‘gammy’ foot. 1917 H. H. Richardson Fortunes Richard Mahony I. iii. ix. 301 Some'ow, Polly, I can't picture myself dragging a husband with a gammy leg always at my heels. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock vii. viii. 343 One leg was gammy, he moved it with a mechanism worked from his pocket. 1984 Times 20 Oct. 2/2 A gammy knee prevented me from running. 2007 K. James Greater Share of Honour 406 I'm not doing a lot with this gammy arm stopping me from doing any digging. †B. n.² slang. A lame or crippled person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person cripplec950 lameOE maimed1340 halterc1440 maima1500 maim?a1500 Vulcan1600 lamester1639 limpard1653 vulcanist1656 lameter1823 gammy1893 hoppy1904 crip1918 gimp1925 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 115/1 Gammy,..a nickname for a lameter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1864adj.n.²1830
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