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gemmary

adj, noun — 3 senses

gemmary

adj

Etymology From Late Latin gemmarius.

1

Obsolete Of or pertaining to gems.

  • The principal and most gemmary affection is its tralucency1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

gemmary

noun

Etymology From Late Latin gemmarius.

1

No plural, Obsolete A jeweller.

2

No plural, Obsolete Jewellery.

  • In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:

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