gemmy

See also: Gemmy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmi

Etymology 1

From gem +‎ -y.

Adjective

gemmy (comparative gemmier, superlative gemmiest)

1. Full of, or covered in, gems.
   • 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Lady of Shalott”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, part the third, page 13:

     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.
   • 1863, Roden Noel, Behind the Veil: And Other Poems, London: Macmillan and Co., page 149:

     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.

Derived terms

• gemmily

Etymology 2

Adjective

gemmy (comparative gemmier, superlative gemmiest)

1. (UK, informal, dated) Spruce; smart; jemmy.

Derived terms

• gemminess