gemmy

American  

[jem-ee] / ˈdʒɛm i /

adjective

gemmier, gemmiest

1. having gems; set with gems.

2. like a gem, especially in being bright, glittering, or sparkling.

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Other Word Forms

• gemminess
  noun
• gemmily
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of gemmy

1400–50; late Middle English. See gem, -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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gemmy

A gemmy, translucent, Sapphire cluster with thin hexagonal plates comprising a very sculptural specimen.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 14, 2012

Would we know the truth, the gemmy walks of knowledge, the flowery bowers of inward and joyous life, the teachings of nature, revelation, the Son and the Father?

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by George Sumner Weaver

The rich winter twilight was purpling over the white world as they drove down the lane under the over-arching wild cherry trees that glittered with gemmy hoar-frost.

From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Arms and harness, bucklers and gemmy helms sparkled and glared.

From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by John St. Loe Strachey

A would-be Titian, for instance, bought in Verona from a noble house in ruins, showed Venetian wealth of colour in its gemmy greens and lucid crimsons shining from a background deep and glowing.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Horatio Robert Forbes Brown

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