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gameness

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Courage, persistence, or determination, especially in an animal or competitor.

Detailed Definition
The poem uses “gameness” as a quality displayed by the young horseman. In sporting and horse-racing language, a game animal continues bravely despite difficulty, danger, or exhaustion.
Example
Example in poetry:
“The badge of gameness” means visible courage, endurance, or refusal to surrender under pressure; In Robert Frost’s “The Gift Outright,” national resolve is imagined through possession and commitment, a civic form of gameness; “The old dog showed gameness at the final hill” applies the word to stubborn physical spirit; A sports or protest poem can use gameness without glorifying violence: “Her gameness was returning each morning to the line”
Additional Notes
“Gameness” is specialized sporting vocabulary for determined courage, not simply the quality of playing games.; Found in the poem, The Man from Snowy River by Banjo Paterson
Also Known As
bravery courage determination
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