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gemmy

adj

Etymology

From gem + -y.

  1. derived from gemma — “a swelling bud; jewel, gem”
  2. derived from gemme — “gem”
  3. inherited from *gimmu✻ — “gem”
  4. inherited from ġimm
  5. inherited from gemme
  6. suffixed as gemmy — “gem + y”

Definitions

  1. Full of, or covered in, gems.

    • The gemmy bridle glittered free, / Like to some branch of stars we see / Hung in the golden galaxy.

  2. Bright and glittering, as though studded with gems.

    • His mildly vivid dewy beam Of beryl to diffuse: the gleam With elf-light tiniest figures lit Of shapely moon-fair elves who sit Each on a gemmy blade's curled tip In circle.
    • He looked strained, his eyes gemmy with the determination to sustain all, but his nosy face flat and with a light of pale unhappiness.

  3. Spruce

    Spruce; smart; jemmy.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A diminutive of the female given name Gemma.

The neighborhood

Derived

gemmily

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA