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Game in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels game as adjective. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913adjective
Game

[Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.]

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Cross-verified 1913 record
Headwordgame
Part of speechadjective
Historical etymology[Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.]
Selected historical definitionCrooked; lame; as, a game leg.
Signed record IDwebster1913-game-adjective-eaada11a70bc
Source locatorCIDE.G, paragraph 528; Gutenberg eBook 663
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 663Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "game" is labeled adjective. Its etymology is recorded as: "[Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.]" The selected historical definition says: "Crooked; lame; as, a game leg."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-09-05

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