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

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

His draughtsmanship displays an agreeable sketchiness; his colouring a graceful gemmy brightness and a glow of sunny gold.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo

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

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