Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to gems; of the nature of or resembling gems; gem-like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or relating to
gems .
Etymologies
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Latin gemmeus. See gem.
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Examples
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Han dynasty asserted that a hare inhabited the surface of the moon, and later Taoist fable depicted this animal, called the gemmeous hare, as the servitor of the genii, who employ it in pounding the drugs which compose the elixir of life.
Moon Lore Timothy Harley
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