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gemmary

gemmary adjective: of or pertaining to gems.

Adjective

gemmary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to gems.
    • The principal and most gemmary affection is its tralucency1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Noun

gemmary (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) A jeweller.
  2. (no plural, obsolete) Jewellery.
    • In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

Origin of gemmary

From Late Latin gemmarius.

Questions about gemmary

What does gemmary mean?
Gemmary means of or pertaining to gems.
What part of speech is gemmary?
Gemmary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near gemmary in the dictionary

  1. gemma
  2. gemmaceous
  3. gemmae
  4. gemmal
  5. gemman
  6. gemmary
  7. gemmas
  8. gemmate
  9. gemmated
  10. gemmates
  11. gemmating

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