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gemmy, a.|ˈdʒɛmɪ|
[f. gem n. + -y1.]
1. Abounding in, covered with, or set with gems, or something resembling gems.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 625 The cok confesseth emynet Cupide When he is gemmy tayl bygynnyth splay. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 12 Night westward did her gemmy world decline, And hide her lights that greater lights might shine. a1749Philips Pastorals vi. 123 (1790) 37 Hast thou seen their king in rich array, Fam'd Oberon, with damask'd robe so gay, And gemmy crown. 1759Grainger Tibullus' Elegies ii. ii. 16 Not venal, you request no Eastern Stores, Where ruddy Waters lave the gemmy shores. 1832Tennyson Lady of Shalott iii, The gemmy bridle glitter'd free.
2. Gem-like; brilliant; glittering.
1675Evelyn Terra (1776) 14 Rough crystals of which some were very transparent and Gemmy. 1735Thomson Liberty iv. 353 The flitting cloud, against the summit dash'd, And, by the sun illumined, pouring bright A gemmy shower. 1882Grosart Spenser's Wks. I. 126 She has hairs half-golden, half-silvern, half-gemmy on her..head. 1883Good Words 113 Birds of matchless plumage—green, gold, orange, and blue-tipped wings shedding gemmy light.
Hence ˈgemmily adv., so as to resemble gems; ˈgemminess, the quality or state of being gemmy.
1864Webster, Gemminess. 1893Symonds In the Key of Blue 53 Blots of acqua-marina—gemmily imposed upon the thick impasto of the dominant ochres. |