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

• gemmily adverb
• gemminess noun

Etymology

Origin of gemmy

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

Example Sentences

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

From Scientific American • Apr. 14, 2012

And not contented with plenty for the present, they carried away my gemmy worked silk garters, and half a dozen new minuets I had just got, to serve, I suppose, as provision for the winter.

From Threads of Grey and Gold by Reed, Myrtle

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 Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

Beneath this covering was the vulture cap of gold, the blue enamelled wings and the vulture head with gemmy eyes, under which her long dark tresses flowed towards her feet.

From Cleopatra 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