Meanings
gemmy1
comparative gemmier · superlative gemmiest
- 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 - Bright and glittering, as though studded with gems.
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 2941 more example
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
gemmy2
comparative gemmier · superlative gemmiest
Gemmy3
- A diminutive of the female given name Gemma.
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