ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gemmeous

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Gemmeous is an adjective meaning (archaic) Resembling or relating to gems.

Meaning

(archaic) Resembling or relating to gems.

Example Sentences

They were not the Europeans alone, who were ſtruck with its [the honeysucker’s] great beauty; the natives of America, to whom it was ſo familiar, were affected with its gemmeous appearance, and beſtowed on it titles expreſſive of its reſplendent colors.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gemlike, jewelly, jewellike, jewely, begemmed, rubylike.

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