Etymology

gamesome

game·some
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Today it means: Full of sport; playful. Full definition →

Middle English gamsome
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromgamsome
  2. English todaygamesome

From Middle English gamsome, gamsum, equivalent to game + -some.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.