Gemmy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gemmy is an adjective meaning Full of, or covered in, gems.
Meaning
Full of, or covered in, gems.
More Meanings
- Bright and glittering, as though studded with gems.
- (UK, informal, dated) Spruce; smart; jemmy.
Example Sentences
The gemmy bridle glittered free, / Like to some branch of stars we see / Hung in the golden galaxy.
He looked strained, his eyes gemmy with the determination to sustain all, but his nosy face flat and with a light of pale unhappiness.
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.
Word Forms
- gemmier
- gemmiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bridle, glittering, spangling, sparklesome, sparkling, shineful.
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