gemmy
adj- Derived terms
- gemminess
gemmy
adj/ˈd͡ʒɛmi/
Etymology From gem + -y.
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.1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Lady of Shalott”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, part the third, page 13:
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.1863, Roden Noel, Behind the Veil: And Other Poems, London: Macmillan and Co., page 149:
- He looked strained, his eyes gemmy with the determination to sustain all, but his nosy face flat and with a light of pale unhappiness.1953, Saul Bellow, chapter 13, in The Adventures of Augie March, page 294:
- Derived terms
- gemmily