gemmy
Americanadjective
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having gems; set with gems.
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like a gem, especially in being bright, glittering, or sparkling.
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A gemmy, translucent, Sapphire cluster with thin hexagonal plates comprising a very sculptural specimen.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 14, 2012
The Night arose in strength and shook a golden dew of stars from the tresses of her streaming clouds, till the wonderful deep heavens sparkled with a myriad gemmy points.
From Mr. Meeson's Will by Haggard, Henry Rider
We caught an apostolic boat-load of beauties fresh and blooming as Aurora, silver as the morning star, gemmy with eye-spots as a tiger-lily.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various
You will grow weary of the grace of the palms, of the gemmy colors of the ever-clouded peaks, of the sight of the high woods made impenetrable by lianas and vines and serpents.
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
A gemmy splendour fills the town, And robes her in a spangled gown Through which no sorry wound may show.
From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas
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