Meaning of gemmy | Babel Free
Definitions
- Full of, or covered in, gems.
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Spruce; smart; jemmy. UK, dated, informal
- Bright and glittering, as though studded with gems.
Examples
“The gemmy bridle glittered free, / Like to some branch of stars we see / Hung in the golden galaxy.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.