gemmy
See also: Gemmy
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛmi
Etymology 1
Adjective
gemmy (comparative gemmier, superlative gemmiest)
- 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.
- 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
Etymology 2
Adjective
gemmy (comparative gemmier, superlative gemmiest)