Gaumy vs Gammy - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between gaumy and gammy

is that gaumy is (us|and|uk|dialects) sticky; smeared with something sticky while gammy is injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).

As a noun gammy is

(colloquial) grandmother or gammy can be (scotland|slang|vulgar) a blowjob; fellatio.

gaumy

English

Alternative forms

* gormy

Adjective

(-)

(US, and, UK, dialects) Sticky; smeared with something sticky.

* 1914 , Edwin Markham, Children in Bondage: A Complete and Careful Presentation :

The narrow, dark stairs are gaumy with paste, and everywhere open barrels of the mixture gave out the sickening, sour odor that is always in the nostrils of the workers.

* 1916 , Don Marquis, Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers , page 164:

And Fothergil Finch, rather gaumy

With Cosmic cosmetics, was there,

But the Swami went just as the Swami,

After oiling the kinks in his hair.

I said to Hermione: "Goddess! You're graceful, you're Greek, you're a rose, "

* 1946 , Jessie Scott, The Charity Ball , page 259:

Far from being gaumy with pitch, they looked rather remarkably smooth and well manicured.

gammy

English

Etymology 1

Origin obscure and uncertain. Possibly from English dialectal (North Midlands) ).

Adjective

(-)

Injured, or not functioning properly (with respect to legs).

I have got a gammy leg, and can't walk far.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

(gammies)

(colloquial) grandmother

Had our beloved gammy lost it?

Etymology 3

Unclear. Perhaps from the same Irish word as .

Noun

(gammies)

(Scotland, slang, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.